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^DS CITY HALL 



THE ARTIST'S IMPRESSIONS. 



The most distiuctive characteristic of our American cities 
is their newness, the appearance of recent origin and pro- 
gressing growth. We look in vain for the many objects of 
liistoric interest and the magnificent buildings so prominent 
in European cities. There are the great cathedrals, saucti- 
lied by the labors of many a genius; ancient walls, the scene 
of many a bloody strife ; and on every 
hand objects elocjuent of a great past. 

The buildings of our modern cities 
are the product of a commercial age, 
and as such present little that is indi- 
vidual or beautiful. Architecture, at 
K-a.st from an testhetic standpoint, has 
not kept pace with the general march 
of progress in our era, and contents 
itself with poor copies and adaptations 
of past works. Ivven the public build- 
ings and the churches bear this stamp 
of commercialism plainly upcn then), 
as if utilitarian considerations forbade 
any departure from the rigid conven- 
tional lines. Such ornament as is 
deemed necessary is limited to mea,gre 
crude, and often inappropriate cojiirs, 
mechanical in effect and witliout n fn 
ence to material of construclit)n. 

Few of our American cities show 
any distinctive character in their build- 
ings. Perhaps some legislative edifice 
or seat of learning adds a shade of dig- 
nity; the rest resolves itself into business blocks 
schools and dwellings of well known types. The nuisl pleas 
ing, and indeed the redeeming features, are the duelling 
houses, ample and with plenty of breathing space about 
them, and the handsome streets lined with stately shade- 
trees. The well-kept lawns, gay with flowers, vines and 
shrubbery, socheirful in eflect, could never have- devel<)i)ed 
in an overcrowded counlry and behind fortiliealion walls. 



Of handsome residences, 
tastily set amidst trees and 
shrubbery, Northampton 
can boast more than its 
share. Kim street and 
Bridge street, beautiful as 
a whole in their perspective 
of lealy canopy, have sin- 
gle trees that one could 
worship for their beauty 
and grandeur. Some of the 
side streets are charming in 
their suggestion of rural 
surroundings. 

But it is often in the situ- 



American cities lie. Xc.rtli- 
ampton is particularly for- 
tunate in this respect, and 
in beauty of situation has 
few rivals. I^ooking east- 
ward and southward from 
the brow of Round Hill, 
or from the Smith College 
tower, on a clear summer 
day, the scene is one of 
entrancing loveliness. The 
citv itself is mostly buried 
in the luxuriant foliage of 
its shade trees; only here and there a roof gleams in the 
sunlight, and the various church spires indicate the presence 
of the buildings under the leafy canopy. Beyond the dark 
masses of shade trees extends, unbroken, like a sea, a vast 
plain of brighter verdure, far away to the mountain chains, 
the Northampton meadows. 

To the outsider who is familiar with New Kngland, 
where one can seldom go far, even in nninte jiarts. without 




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NEAR CORNER OF KING AND MAIN 

enrounteriug habitat on.., il uiun si cm rallur odd to si e such 
:\u expanse of beautiful r..unlr\ willu.ul a lial.italion ujuin 
il. Hut should he happen lure in the sjiring, when the 
whole expanse is turned into a huge lake by the annual rise 
of the river, the reason would be obvious enough. 

The two mountains. Hoi yoke and Tom, clothed in gor- 
geous ]nirple haze, loom up grandly beyond the meadows, and 
still beyond hill and plain lo.se themselves in the far distance. 





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SIDE OF MAIN STREET 



THE BENEFACTORS OF NORTHAMPTON. 



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*HE list of Northampton's licnefactors 
a long and noble one, and Nortli. 
ainjiton of to-day cannot lie descrilied 
\\ itiiout giving them credit. The t^ifts 
I i.ver a wide range, and in 
some instances represent 
the accumulations of a 
lifetime. In proportion 
to its size, Northampton 
lias been more generously 
remeniliered lh:in any city in the countr}', and 
the large gifts from those who were born here, 
but who spent most of their lives elsewhere, 
illustrate the strength of the charm that rests 
on all of its children, to whom Northampton 
always remains the Mecca that with longing 
eyes they hope to see again. 

The inhabitants of the city will always de- 
light to honor the names of those whose treas. 
ures have been so lavishly given to promote 
their well-being. 

Sophia Smith.— The story of the founding,' 
of Smith College by Sophia Smith is full ol 
interest, as told by her spiritual adviser, Rev. 
John L,. Greene. Only an epitome of her life 
and benefactions can be given here, and inas- 
much as the fortune with which she endowed the college 
came by inheritance from her brother Austin, who died about 
i860, it seems only just to say a few words in regard to him. 
Austin Smith, like his uncle Oliver, was a verv reniark- 



al)le man. Both were liorn " money-getters." Oliver loaned 
his money on mortgage securities, with an eye to safety, and 
Austin, seeing the attractions in Wall Street and becoming a 
close student of the stock market, made more rapid strides 
through investing there. It was his custom, when the 
market was ripe, to gather in tlie money of the neighborhood 
on loan, and go to New York to buy securities, selling them 





at advance prices. Ibusitcamc to pass that 

he grew rich faster than his uncle Oliver, and when he died 

he left to his sister Sophia a large fortune. It is interesting 

to speculate on what his plans would have been had he lived. 

Sophia Smith lived ten years after the deatli 

if .•Austin, and it seems to have been a matter 

if earnest and prayerful inquirj' with her as to 

vliat she should do to better the world with 

he fortune that came to her. After long grop- 

ng in darkness, and with the help of her ad- 

isers, Reverend John L. Greene and George W. 

lubbard, she decided to found Smith College. 

Is it not possible that Sophia vSmith's final 

1 cision was the result, in part at least, of the 

insi)oken influence of Marv I, von, her kins- 



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man, wlio founded Mount IIhImi 

il Si.jiliiaSmith'sdeatli in iS;. , slu left th; 

111 led and eight}" -six thousand 

founding of Smith College, the tci\\n nl 
rthamplon adding twiiity-five tlnuisanl dul 
s. The way in which the institnticm has 
iwn, under its wise management, from mod- 
beginnings and hopes, to become the pride 
Xorthampton and to have a membership of 
Ivc hundred and properly worth more than 
lillion dollars, is a matter of historv. 





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beautiful plant house to Smith Col- 
lege, in memory of his mother; con- 
tributious towards building the Clarke 
Library ; the purchase and support ot 
the Home for Aged Women ; and ma 
terial aid to the Home Culture Club 
The love and esteem in which In 
was held by all can perhaps be best 
voiced by quoting from the records of 
the trustees a resolutiou passed upon 
receiving from a near and dear friend 
of Mr. Lyman a bronze tablet, whicli 
was placed on the Academy in 1900: — 
"To him who has gone the Academy 
itself is the noblest monument, and to 
the present generation, at least, no 
words of inscription are needed to 
keep his memory fresh and fragrant. 
Yet it is fitting that the act of a friend 
should so designate the time and the 
man that those who .shall come after 




Judge Forbes was 
a native of Bridge, 
water, and .settled 
in Northampton as 




BEDFORL TERRACE 



US, as they enjoy the fruits of his generosity, shall also call 
mind the giver, who.!,e wise foresight and public spirit are c 
tiued to take on wider significance as the years go by." 

Charles E. Forbe.s. — As one recalls the quiet life of Ju< 
Forbes in his rooms over the old bank, and in memory sees hin 
with his woolen shawl thrown loosely about his form, going t< 
the Warner House for his toast and tea, one wonders how loni. 
the thought.of a library was taking root in his mind. The work 
ing out of great problems is always full of interest, and there i; 
every evidence tliat the judicial mind of Judge Forbes had fu' 
play in laying out the plan that linally resulted in the estal 
nicnt of llic 1'urbi.s I.ibrarv. 





CORNER ELM STREET AND BEDFORD TERRACE 



viEAR EDWARDS CHURCH 



part of the cost of Cosmian Hall. He founded 
the Florence Kindergarten, and saw the re- 
sults of his generosity in the success of the 
school during his lifetime. Upon his ileath 
in 1882 a large fund was left in the hands c.l 
the board of trustees to carry forwanl lii-. 
cherished plan, that of bringing a praitic-il 
education to all -who desired it. His earnest- 
ness in all things made him so devoted to his 
business that his health finally failed him, 
and the last fifteen years of his life were a 
vigorous struggle against encroaching disease, 
to which he at length yielded up his life, 
without a murmur or any dread of the future, 
at Citronelle, .\]abama, December 13, 1S82, at 
the age of seventy-six years. 

Oliver vSmiTh. — Although the benefactions 
of Oliver vSmith extend to seven towns besides 
Northampton, the location of the office build- 
ing here, where all business is transacted, 
makes this great charity seem like a part of 
Northampton, and Oliver Smith can well be 
claimed as one of Northampton's greatest 
benefactors. 

He was born in Hatfield, January 20, 1766, 
where he was a farmer and a partner with his 
brother Benjamin in a general country store. 
He commenced his business career with two 
thousand dollars, inherited from his father^ 
and at the age of thirty he commenced to loan 
money on bond and mortgage. 
Hy the greatest economy he 
amassed a fortune, which at 
his death in 1845 amounted to 
three hundred and ninety-four 
thousand, seven hundred dol- 
lars. He never married. By 
one of the mo.st remarkable 
wills ever written, he created 
the .Smith Charities. His 
.\u-tin. a brother of 
us the execu- 
over which 




■pnew, 
i.phia Sniitl: 
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there was a famous lawsuit. 
Rufu.^ Choate was employed 
as counsel for the heirs, and 
Daniel Webster by the execu- 
tor to defend the' will. The 




gave a verdict sustaining the 
will. 

The first board of trustees were 
Osmyn Baker of Northampton, 
.\ustin vSmith and John Dickin- 
son, Jr., of Amherst, the first- 
named being the president. On 
October 11, 1859, the miscella- 
neous fund had reached |4oo,coo, 
and was divided as required by 
the will as follows: — ^Joint fund, 
s;/ir,,n<x); Agricultural School 
fund, ;f5o,ooo; Colonization fund, 
$10, (XX). The latter fund was by 
law transfered to the Agricultural 
School fund in 1861. 

It is impossible in a brief paper 
like this to enumerate the differ- 
ent provisions of the will, copies 




COMMENCEMENT FESTIVITIES 

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same to be wholly or in 
part, free of cliarge. 

On these lines the hos- 
pital has been conducted. 
The demands upon it have 
been at times greater than 
it could conveniently meet, 
but through the generosity 
of its friends contributions 
have been made, both for 
its support and to increase 
facilities. Two very hand- 
some additions to the build- 
ings have been made this 
vear; one by Henrietta M. 
and Margaret P. Wright, of 
Kridge Street, in memory 
of their brother, James G. 
Wright, and the other by 
Thomas M. Shepherd, as a 
memorial to his father. 

Alfred T. Lii.lv.— Mr. 
Lilly came to Florence in 
1853, to take a position as 
superintendent of the Non- 
otuck Silk Company. In 
1872 he became treasurer 
of the company and so 
continued until his 
death. In all of his 
work he was systematic, 
faithful and reliable. 
He could always be de- 
pended upon, and the 
success of the company 
to which he gave so 
much of his life was 
largely due to his efforts. 
While he practiced strict 
economy in his personal 
affairs, he never turned 
a deaf ear to any appeal 
for help. He called 
himself an agnostic, and 
delighted to discuss his 
favorite themes, yet he 
was in practice a follower 
of the example of Jesus, 
seeking always the light 
and brooking no shams 
nor duplicity in anyone. 





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He contributed ten thousand 
dollars towards the cost of 
Cosmian Hall. He was prac- 
tically the founder of the Flor- 
ence Ijibrary As.sociation, and 
gave thirteen thousand dollars 
towards the cost of the build- 
ing and five thousand dollars 
for books. He was greatly 
interested in the Northampton 
Drum Corps, and presented it 
with one thousand dollars. 

In 1884, learning from Presi- 
dent Seelye that Smith College 
was in great need of a building 
for scientific purposes, Mr. 
Lilly erected and presented to 
the college the Lilly Hall of 
Science. In i888 the executive 
committee of the Free Congre- 
gational Church incorporated 
in their report the following: — 
•'The majority of your com- 
mittee would occupy this para- 
graph to declare, what the 
modesty of our es- 
teemed associate, 
Mr. Lilly, forbids 
him to say, that it 
was owing to what 
he saw and experi- 
enced of the happy 
effects of giving 
the w o ni e n an 
equal part with 
the men in the 
)usiness of this 
jociety and its 
lublic teachings, 
that he was led to 
make to Smith 
College his noble 
and princely gift- 
Lilly Hall of 
iK-e- the first 



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sufiicifiit amount to ert-cl 
the Ijeautiful art gallery 
that bears his name. George 
W. Hubbard was the treas- 
urer of Smith College, from 
its incorporation to his 
death, and left the greater 
portion of his estate to the 
college. The names of 
Rockefeller, Wallace, Al- 
bright, Washburn, and 
many others, are those of 
men who have done their 
part to make the campus of 
.Smith College what it is. 

SUMNER'S WORDS. 

What Charles Sumner 
said as he stood on Mt. 
Holyoke, and looked over 
the Connecticut Valley 
and the Northampton 
meadows, is worth remem- 



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and his life was 
leged to know him. 

Pl,iNY Earle.— The life of Dr. Earle is an example 
of what can be accomplished by good judgment, 
patience and thrift. He was a Quaker, received a 
classical and medical education in this country and 
Europe, and performed his life work as the superin- 
tendent of the Northampton Insane Hospital. Under 
his wise management the institution became not only 
self-supporting, but it added greatly to its holding of 
real estate and the value of its property. On account 
of advanced age he retired in 1885. 

His will provided that the residue of his estate, after 
paying legacies to relatives and friends, should be 
turned over to the city of Northampton, and when the 
fund should equal sixty thousand dollars the income 
should be used to aid in the support and maintenance 
of the Forbes Library. That institution has for several 
years received the income. 

Dr. Earle found time to write many important papers, 
and was considered an authorit\- on all subjects relatin 
the care and treatment of the insane. 

In the list of Northampton's Ijenefactors there arc 11 
other names that might be mentioned, among them th; 
Winthrop Hillyer, whose relatives, carrying out a 
informally expressed liy him, presented to ,Smith Coll 




at of 
wish 



THE COLLEGE GYMNASIUM 

hering, in connection with some of the views in this book. 
It was Aug. 12, 1847, that he said, on the mountain, "I 
have been all over England, through the Highlands of Scot- 
land ; I have passed up and down the Rhine, have ascended 
Mont Blanc, and stood on the Campagna at Rome, but have 
never seen anything so surpassingly lovely as this." 





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LILLY HALL OF SCIENCE AND MUSIC HALL 
tain rooms for the use of the various student societies, for 
the organizations which embody the religious work of the 
college, and will furnish a center for the social life of the 
institution. It will contain also a hall with a seating capacity 
of from six hundred to eight hundred people, furnishing an 
attractive place for the less formal meetings of the students. 
This is an age distinguished for progressive movements, 
and nowhere is this more manifest than in our institutions 
of learning. We may perhaps take two examples of recent 
improvements in the facilities of the college, not to give any 
prominence to particular portions of the work, but because 
they are recent and illustrate modern educational methods. 
A lecture-room and labora- 
tory have been added to the 
plaut-house, that there may 
be better opportunity to 
stur'y the actual life of the 
plants. Botany is no longer 
a process of collecting and 
naming flowers, nor of dis- 
secting plants, but still 
more of studying their act- 
ual development. When we 
turn on the other hand to 
the ancient languages, 
which have been regarded 
as the conservators of all 
conservative methods in 
education, there also we 
find new instrumentalities. 
A room has been fitted up 
for the classics, to lie 
equipped with a special 
library, that students ma\ 
have better opportunity for 
research and work under 
the immediate direction of 
their teachers. There are 
pictures, copies of inscrip- 
tions, and many objects of 
archiEOlogical interest to illustrate t 
anticipated that this room will l)e of gi 
aging individual work. 

It lias given to the students in the Greek department, and 
to a certain extent to a much larger circle, a peculiar interest 
in archx'ology, that Miss Boyd has been so closely associated 
with the recent excavations and discoveries in Crete, and yet 
is able to spend a portion of her time here, feeling as much 
enthusiasm for her instruction as she shows in her work of 



investigation. It is a great help in the study 
of ancient literature and history to have the 
past brought so near and rendered so distinct 
by these continued discoveries, and to feel 
that the college is actually having a part in 
bringing the ancient life into the light. 

The college was founded with the purpose 
to give to young women advantages similar 
and equal to those which the traditional New 
England college has offered to young men. 
Following the example of other institutions, 
it has somewhat modified the peculiar promi- 
nence formerly given to the ancient lan- 
guages. For many years there were three 
separate courses, distinguished by three dif- 
ferent degrees, according as the ancient lan- 
guages, modern literature or science were 
especially pursued. Now, however, there is 
but one degree given to the different gradni- 
ates. The new tendencies of education are 
also shown in the greater variety of subjects 
which have a place in the requirements for admission. This 
effort to make room for the increasing number of themes for 
study, to meet the vast diversity of demands, makes a college 
a totally different institution from what it was in former 
times, and places at a disadvantage a college with a small 
number of students. The growth in numbers is necessarily 
associated with great variation in courses of study. 

The ideals and purposes of a college express themselves 
peculiarly in the religious life of the institution. The moral 
and religious atmosphere which pervades and sustains the 
organization, that indescribable something which is the 
effect of the in,Tny minds reacting upon each other, whicli we 




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VIEW ON ELM STREET 
call the spirit of the institution, and which shows itself 
preeminently in the religions life, is perhaps the most im- 
portant clement in college education. Miss Smith expressed 
in her uill the desire that the college should be Christian 
but unili luiiiiinational. She wished to have tlie Bible the 
1 enter ol the life, but she laid down no formulas of faith. It 
has been the constant study of those in charge of the. college 
to secure for the students those influences which would best 
help to symmetrical Christian development. The students 



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Another unusual feature in the situation is the large sup- 
ply of books iu proportion to the number of inhabitants. 
Northampton has in its public libraries 62.3 volumes per 
head, that is twice as many as Woburu, three times as many 
as Arlington, Beverly, Dcdham, Leominster, Marblehead or 
Pittsfield, four times as many as Marlboro or Midford, 
five times as many as 
Chicopee, six times as many :' 
as Melrose or Quiucy, seven 
times as many as North 
Adams, nine times as many 
as Everett, all places of 
about the same population.* 

A third anomaly is not so 
gratifying— the small pro- 
vision which the Forbes 
Library has for running 
expenses, with so large a 
book-buying income. No 
library reports less spent 
for management than for 
books ; often the amount is 
half as much again; some- 
times it is double. But in 
its seven years' history the 
Forbes Library has paid for 
books f 1 15,000, and has had 
for maintenance only I63,- 
000. The result is that some 
desirable ways of librarv 
activity are closed to the 
library, much neces ar% 
work is slighted and that 
recourse is necessanh had 
to makeshifts, an expen'i\e 
method in the long run 
and not producing goo 1 
results even at first \s 
however, most e\ils have, 
their good side thispo\trt\ 
has led to some noteworthy 

experiments. A library that * disman 

has got along seven years with neither accession book nor 
shelf list, and for half that time, having no catalog and only 
a rude classifica.ion on the shelves, has yet maintained the 
largest per capita circulation of any city in the world, is not 
without interest for the library- expert. The catalog is now 
at last possible, thanks to the Library of Congress, which is 
in fact beginning to do the cataloging for all the libraries in 
the country. In another seven years the Forbes will have 
a printed card catalog in which the author entries will bi 
made by the highest ability in the country, leaving 




with the novel — which three-quarters of the borrowers will 
take when they are limited to one book — a " non-fiction" 
book was allowed. The Forbes, besides these, will lend a 
book (fiction or not) in a foreign language, or one each in 
several foreign languages, and any number of books up to 
100 for study fi. e., everything hut novels). These can be 
kept till someone else wants 
them. At the end of six 
months the borrower is re- 
quested to return those 
which he has finished using; 
at the end of a year he is 
requested to return all, but 
may take them again for 
another year, unless they 
are wanted, the return being 
only to prevent their getting 
incorporated in the private 
libraries of the patrons. 

The most expensive books 
go out under suitable gua- 
rantee of careful usage. 
Nothing but the most 
necessarj' books of reference 
are restricted. 

Photographs and engrav- 



ings, too, circulate lo the 
extent of 10,000 a year and 
music (mainly sheet music) 
to the extent of 2.000. This 
artistic use, which is rapid- 
ly growing, is especially to 
be rejoiced in because it 
reaches a side of our nature 
in which Americans have 
especial need of culture. 

.A liberal policy is the 
only one which can make 
tlie resources of the library 
;ully available. Book'^ that 
. an be consulted only under 
restrictions stay unused 
on the shelves and might as well not belong to the library. 
The Forbes librarians do not indeed go out into the highways 
and byway ., and compel them to come in, but they do ilie 
next thing to that, they make all welcome when they come, 
give them what they want, and encourage them to. ask for 
more. Every one knows that the book which a man wants to 
use will have much more effect on him than the book which 
he reads indifferently or from a .sense of duty. The corollary 
from this is that the wise librarv will, if it can. buv (with 



only the . 
at home. 



sification and analyt 
|-he librarv will lin 



work to be do 

m instniiiunt 



catalog will ^-omv . pari f>assu . tlic sli< ll \\-,\ . 

For all the ham])ering lack of funds, the F'orbes li; 
accomplished much, mainly by rea.son of its unusu: 
liberality in giving out its liooks. The ordinary librai 
lends on'e volume for two weeks. A few years ago 




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the success of that library. Well placed in the centre 
of ample grounds, substantially built in an agreeable 
semi-romanesque style, it is unlike other libraries in 
that its whole lower story, loo feet square, is a single 
room, only broken by the pillars aud arches that 
sustain the second floor. Older libraries look confined, 
dingy and gloomy, compared with this new, bright, 
open, cheerful building and many of later date are not 
as homelike and comfortable. 



THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF TODAY. 

BV Sri'T. J. H. CARI-RKV. 




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•ORTHAMPTON may well feel 
proud of her public school 
system. As now arranged we have 
the kindergarten, primary, gram- 
mar school and High School 
departments. The pupils enter the 
kindergarten at the age of three years 
and six months, and are allowed to 
remain until five years of age, when 
entrance is permitted into the primary 
school. The public school course proper 




covers a period of 
thirteen years, in- 
cluding four years in 
the High School. 
Our High School, 
while it gives a broad, 
general course, equip- 
ping for the active 
duties of life, also 
prepares pupils to 
enter the leading col- 
leges. Certificates of 
admission are granted 
our graduates into 
such institutions as 
Amherst, Williams, 
Smith, Mt. Holyoke, 
and other colleges of 
similar standing. In 
the p r i m a r y and 
grammar schools the 
usual subjects — read- 
ing, writing, arithmetic, geograp 
their prominent places ; besidei 
history, nature work, physiolog 
training, and physical culture, i 




CAPEN SCHOC 

anguage, are given 
L-r, the subjects of 
ig, music, manual 
I special attention. 




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past three years the " individual " system has been followed 
with success. It is the aim of the music course to render the 
pupil independent in this subject, at the same time to teach 
him to appreciate music, and to make it possible for him to 
understand that it is a reality. Music holds a prominent 
place in the develop- 
ment of the child; not 
only is it of great 
ethical value but it 
also serves to develop 
the finer instincts in 
the child nature and 
is a great factor iu 
smoothing the rough 
places in school work. 
Physical training as 
carried on in our 
schools adds much to 
the general physical 
development of the 
pupils. It develops 
the child systematic- 
ally, in accordance 
with hygienic princ- 
iples. Out-door play 
is not to be dispensed 
with, neither is its 
out-door play, while it gives free 
use to all the muscles, accompanied by plenty of fresh air, 
will not systematically develop the physical nature, 
nor give free and graceful carriage to the body. A systematic 
and well arranged course in physical training supplement® 
the out-door play by special training of particular parts 
ofthebodv. 



overlooked ; 



VERNON STREET SCHOOL 

Northampton is one of the pioneer cities in the subjects (if 
music and physical training. A special supervisor nl 
music has been employed for the last thirty-five years, and 
a special teacher of physical training for eight years past. 
From the first the music instruction was under the direc- 
tion of Henry Jones, who retired three years ago. Tor the 



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VIEW FROM SOUTH STREET BRIDGE 

High School, not ouly as a betlL-r preparation for the various 
polytechnic institutions but also to give a broader and better 
equipment to the pupils who go into the trades and the 
manufacturing establishments. It is of no use to try to deny 
the fact that manual training does serve to develop more 
fully the intellectual side of the child than does the mere 
study of books alone ; and not only this but, furthermore, it 
renders him capable of using his hands in a way so utterly 
lacking among supposed educated people. In connection 
with manual training in the High vSchool there should be 
given a first class commercial course. The necessity of this 
latter has been so clearly demonstrated in Northamptou that 
further suggestions are unnecessary. Cooking should be 
introduced into the eighth or ninth grades of the school 
course and given as an option in the High School at least one 
year. The necessity of knowing how to cook, bake, and 
prepare plain food for the table, and to do it in the most 
economical manner, needs little comment. To do all these 
at public expense seems to some niimU .'iii iiinriiinu.; wii'-tiof 
money. Many do not see that 
it is returned fourfold in tlu 
intelligence of the labor, 
tlie saving of raw material 
in this labor, and, fiirtlur 
more, the promotion ol 
health by greater intelli- 
gence in the preparation of 
food for the table. SkilUcl 
labor in any occupation is 
less expensive than the un 
skilled. The amount of 
money lost in material 
wasted by unskilled labor 
is greater than that paid in 
higher wages for skilled 
workmanship. The skilled 
workman demands more 
outside of hisownimmediule 
vocation to satisfy his in- 
telligent desires. His read- 
ing is Ijroader, bis esllutn- 
tastes have been develo]); ■! 
his home is thereby to Ik 
made more attractive both 
inside and out, and to satis- 
fy these demands business 
of all kinds must increase. 



The introduction of the foregoing 
into the school curriculum does not 
overburden or crowd out what we 
have been pleased to call the essen- 
tial subjects. The essentials have 
been spread out too much. A greater 
concentration of effort is necessary ; 
this combined with the elimination 
of portions of certain subjects will 
not only give a clearer and better 
under>tanding of these, but also 
make it possible to equip our pupils 
to meet the increasing demands of 
society. 

The nature and science work could 
le greatly increased in efficiency by 
utilizing a portion of the school 
lawn-, fur tile cultivation of flowers, 
trees, fruit, and the like, to be done 
by the ehililren; collecting insects, 
birds, etc., and watching their 
growth and habits. Pupils in learn- 
ing the habits and growth and use of 
plants, insects, birds, and animals 
also learn to respect and love them 
only when we see the usefulness and 
that we begip to respect it. Various 
pieces of apparatus for exercise and play might well be added 
to our playgrounds ; large sand htaps should be found in one 
corner of every school yard for the use of pupils in the 
primary grades. Playgrounds should not be made and then 
the children turned loose to improvise at will what shall be 
their play. There is need of intelligent arrangement, so that 
it will appeal to the interest of the child — his play interest. 
This naturally leads us to speak of school buildings, since 
the grounds should not be made attractive without some 
attention given to the buildings themselves, .•\ccommoda- 
tious for school purposes cannot be too good ; therefore every 
building must be equipped so that the pupils will have 
proper light, air. and temperature. Pknty of room is a 
necessity : smooth and well kept floora, airy halls, and 
properly ventilated cloak rooms, must abound. Then, too, 
in every schoolroom should be found all apparatus, books 
and other equipment for the jiroper teaching of the different 



beautv 




ON OLD SOUTt 



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A hOK "OIO) HOMK U-EEK 








Kngland States very considerable. " 
help this business in any place. 

But above all other consideration; 
Home Week" aids in the develop- 
ment of character. It fosters in the 
rising generation love and reverence 
for home, and to the old it brings 
happiness and pleasure. The present 
age is called too severely utilitarian. 
The commercialism of the time leads 
many to spurn anything which does 
not (iirectly return dollars and cents. 
This spirit, which is often carried too 
far, needs to be met by the whole- 
some, uplifting ones of altruism and 
good fellowship of human kind, so 
that the man may not sink utterly 
below the dollar in consideration. 

BY THE WAY! 

Life is too short to be used in 
grumhlingat anything. It isgranted 
that the temptation to grumble is 
often strong, and so difficult to over- 
come, that the safety valve of tcmpe 



the case of local well meant efforts to benefit the city by 
means of Board of Trade or otherwise. The officers of these 



the fact that "Old organizations 



i-nt, but it 



be he 




in the past received all the comfort 
and encouragement they had a right 
to expect from the community. Some 
of their efforts did not materialize so 
well as expected, perhaps, but the 
leaders worked hard for success, and 
would have triumphed but for the 
fact that there were elements work- 
ing against them all over the coun.ry 
which they could not be expected to 
be thoroughly acquainted with. 

To the minds of many who have 
studied the situation, it seems that 
Northampton should be brought to 
the attention of people not so much 
as a desirable business mart, but as 
a place where those desiring a home 
and education for their children, 
with all the attributes of a modem 
.\thens, can come with perfect 
confidence. 

NTRANCE TO STATE HOSPITAL GROUNDS The manufacturing industries now 

St sometimes give existing in the city should also be fostered and protected. 

termined effort, in and it should be one of the offices of a Board of Trade to 

secure such local government action as will 

Ip them and discourage such movements as 

noy and disable them. Instances of excep- 

ns in these matters will readily present 

iinselves to everj- public spirited citizen, 

d it would be well to guard against the 

akening or loss, at any time, of the city's 

lustries now existing. 




^OUND HILL ROAD 



ll should be borne in mind that this book is 
I ntirelv original, livery engraving used has 

ren made expressly for it. The cuts were 
made by the Springfield Photo-Engraving Co., 
iTid its work deserves commendation. This 

>mpany has aided us in an artistic mechan- 
A al presentation of the artist's work— if that 
term may be so used, and it seems as if it might 
be, for the best mechanic is, in a sense, an artist. 



KoA^azA•noNS 



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Wb^ ^ 



perceptiou of pitch, the Weaver method reduces the ratio to 
less than one per cent in the ninth grade. This course in 
sight reading covers all the principles of staff notation, time 
and tune. In short it teaches the 
grammar of music. The drill com- 
pels the pupil to eventually read 
music as he does word language. It 
becomes second nature to recognize 
key, time and the other elements of 
harmony. As a factor in mental 
discipline sight reading of music 
gives the child confidence, conquers 
-elf-coufcioufness, ccniptls ccnctnt- 
ralion of thought, demands exact- 
ness at the first interpretation, and 
has come to be recognized by many 
able educators as a mental drill equal 
to the olil-time rapid-fire oral tests in 
arithmetic. .Ml the principles are 
illustrated in good songs, and in the 
upper grades instruction in musical 
history further cultivates the taste 
for the bvSt music. The teaching of 
singing by this method also creates 
a desire in a majority of pupils to 

take up the study of some instrument, and teachers in this 
branch testify that children trained in sight-singing acquire 
the principles ofplaying any instrument with easeand rapidity. 



Future possibil 
l>y .Supervisor Ba 
comprise an elecl 



public school instruction, hoped fo 
■ s an extension of the present system, 
rse in the High .School for the study 





The successful inlruducliuu of thi.-, improved method 
music instruction into our schools is due in large measii 
to Supervisor Ralph h. Haldwin, whose earnestness 
and enthnsiasni have inspired the teachers to hearty 
cooperation and the pupils to eager study. It must be 
remembered, in this connection, that a .solid foundation 
was laid I)y the devoted work of Prof. Henry Jonc s 
sui)ervisor of music in our schools for over thirty 
years, who ha<l truly wonderful success with llu- 
method almost universally used during that period. 
Many good singers will today testify that the only 
training they ever received was given in the Northamp- 
ton schools by this faithful instructor. 

.•\moiigthe tangible results of the new system, which 
by the way arc not so important as the achievenuiits 
already outlined, perhaps the most noteworthy are the 
High School Chorus of over lOO voices, which has given 
two creditable annual concerts; the High .School Boys' 
C lee Club, limited to 20 members, organized by the 
Ijoys themselves and conducted like the college clubs ; 
and the Girl's Chorus, a more recent organization on 
similar lines. All these are trained by Supervisor 
Ualdwin, independently of the regular music cour.sc 
and in jiublic concerts are demonstrating the efHciency 
the sight-singing method. 



of the theory of harmony, themes, history of music and 
orchestral work, and for the analysis of great musical com- 
positions, with recitals to illustrate the studies. The purpose 
of such a course would be first, to give young men and 
women possessing qualifications for success in music an 
opportunity to tit themselves foradvanced study, and second, 
to develop in pupils a desire for the best music and the ability 
to enjoy fully all the varied methods of its interpretation. 
Another possibility is that citizens will acquaint themselves 
with its importance as bearing upon the music and musical 
organizations of the city for the next generation or two. 

The Smith College School of Music, while planned for the 
college students, affords advantages to many others from this 
city and places within a radius of 25 miles. Dr. B. C. Blod- 
gett, the director, has drawn to the school an able corps of 
instructors in all the branches of the art, and valuable work 
is accomplished. The analysis class conducted by Dr. Blod. 
gett in connection with the school is attended not only by 
many students of the college, but by musical people of the 
city and surrounding towns. The discussion and illustration 
of great musical works affords an education obtainable in 
very few cities of this size. Through the influence of Dr. 
Blo'dgett and the school Northampton people are annually 




the most famous 




ranks seconil only to Springfield's veteran vSecond Regiment 
Hand among these organizations in Western Massachusetts. 
It has for years delighted the people of the city and the 
neighboring towns with summer concerts, and a local street 
parade of any sort without the Northampton Band as escort 



which 


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bestow 


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credit \ 


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that tl 



Meadow City, but^any attempt to 
.Id be out of place here. All may 
have a share in Northampton's 




AN OLD CEMETERY. 



BRIDGES OVER THE CONNECTICUT 

is insignificant indeed. In common with organizations of 
the kind it has passed through many vicissitudes, but under 
the direction of Albert N. Baldwin, recently made leader, the 
l>and should improve its repertoire and take a stronger I 
upon popular favor. The Florence Band is an infant 
prodigy, comprised largely of amateur players, which 
merits public support and favor because of its enthu- 
siastic, persistent effoits, if not for its achievements. It 
has acquitted itself creditably in several open-air 
concerts and with continued drill under a competent 
director is bound to win popular recognition. Encour 
agement, both moral and financial, should be given 
by the villagers. The dancers of the city and tin 
patrons of the municipal playhouse are familiar with 
the capabilities of Warner's Orchestral Club and tlu 
Academy of Music Orchestra, the two leading orgauiza 
tions of the kind in the city. Their services are in 
constant demand and their work is uniformly 
satisfactorv. 



The old Bridge street cemetery is worthy of 

mention in a work of this nature, because it is 

still in use, and one of the well-kept features 

..f the city. The form of the well-known 

sexton, which appears elsewhere, will l)e 

recognized by the many who know him. He 

has committed over two thousand bodies to 

the earth of this cemetery, aiul the total 

number resting there is lieyond couiimtation, 

I'lir lack of perfect records. What was once a 

gloomy, poorly kept place, has, through the 

care of the sexton and the public spirit of the 

Cemetery Committee, of which Charles A. 

Mavnard is chairman, been made a beautiful 

and consecrated spot, which many bereaved 

people appreciate. The other cemeteries in the city are also 

well cared for, and Florence has the most sightly one of all, 

in the new Spring C.rove cemetery, with great landscape 

,il,ilities. 



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with perfect location for drainage. There should be no 
longer delay iu taking preliminary action in this matter, and 
it is suggested that a general committee of citizens shall be 
organized to procure outline plans and estimates, and if pos- 
sible get pledges of financial aid from liberal citizens before 
bringing'the matter before the city government for action. 
There ought to be no question as to the success of this 
project, if it is taken hold of by those persons who have the 
best interest of the citv and its future growth at heart. 



AGRICULTURE IN NORTHAMPTON. 



S. S. WARNER. 



i 



nplIE old saying, that a ft 
•^ Northampton meadow 



acres of 
nd, a few 



paying for the fertilizer and seed, and all the labor, at the 
rate of four dollars per day for man and team, there remained 
for the merchant twenty per cent profit on his original 
investment. 

There are a number of farmers in the meadows who are 
receiving equal and even better returns than in the case cited. 
With good cultivation almost any crop adapted to this 
climate will grow luxuriantly on these lands. Perhaps 
tobacco should be excepted, for the soil seems a little heavy 
to produce the light thin leaf which the tobacco market now 
demands. Onions, potatoes, garden crops, corn, grass and 
the grains all grow with profit on these lands. 

As to the present condition of agriculture in Northampton, 
it proljably compares favorably with the general farming in 
Western Massachusetts ; but falls far short of the standard to 
which liy right it should attain. With a great diversity of 



of th 
Bank 



the K 



church were 
the only coup 
ons necessary 
for a ticket of 
admission into 



fairy land has cast such a halo about 
the meadow lamis, that it has become 
sacrilege to disturb the surface of these 
acres. At least it would so appear to 
the stranger, who, riding for the first 
time through this .section would wonder 
from whence the strange influence came 
which prevented these lauds from 
become useful. It remains for the wor- 
shippers of mammon to break away 
from this medieval influence, tear up 
the encrusted surface, let iu the sun- 
shine and ozone of the atmosphere, get 
the forces of nature at work, and receive 
better dividends. 

Happily this statement does not apply 
to all the meadow lands, for there are 
bright spots, where the hand of the 
thrifty farmer is visible. It is true, 
however, that too much of this land is 
lying idle, yielding only what will grow 
on a hide-bound surface; and this small 
product is annually removed, with no 
return of plant food to the soil, except 
perhaps a sediment of real estate washed 
down from property farther up the river 
by the spring freshet. This is not farm- 
ing, nor it is in line with the modern 

idea of commercialism, where the best „ "" ~ "" 

possible dividend is expected for each " 

dollar invested. What the.se neglected '*^' ^-_ ""^"^ 

acres might produce is plainly seen by r 

the bright spots referred to, where the 
thrifty farmers are receiving good 
returns for their work. There seems to 

1)6 no good reason, except neglect, why this land should not 
demand better prices than have prevailed during the past 
fifteen or twenty years. To illustrate the value of this land 
as an investment, backed by a fair degree of enterpri.se, I will 
cite a single case. One year ago a Shop-Row merchant 
bought ten acres in the central portion of the meadows for 
three hundred dollars. iMve acres were plowed and tho- 
roughly harrowed ; sixty dollars worth of fertilizers was 
worked into the laud, and the piece seeded. This spring the 
remaining five acres received a light dressing of fertilizer 
.nid iu July the grass was harvested and the hay sold. After 




soils, and with a general slope to the south-east, a large con- 
.suming population clo.se by, and the best of railroad facilities, 
Northampton should rank as the leading agricultural town 
in the Stale. 

The total number of farms in Northampton is given in the 
government census as 551, yielding a product \alued at 
1356,816; or about |'648 for each farm. Of this product, about 
32 per cent is credited to dairy farms, 33 per cent to hay, 
straw, and fodder crops, vegetables 8 per cent, cereals 4 per 
cent, and the remainder is about equally divided between 
animal and greenhouse products, poultry, tobacco, fruits and 



MU*. ..:i..(rl 









of excellence for the unthinking, making petty tyran- 
nies out of the mannerisms of successful men, while the 
other class are more concerned through the throes of 
personal conviction with what shall be said rather than 
the manner of it ; trying to throw off the superficial 
wordly success as a motive, avoiding the influence of 
other strong natures, for the sole sake of a harmony 
between the temperament and a natural environment. 
To be alone with the Creator, is the straight and 
narrow waj- to living art, and few there be that find it. 
In common with, the rest of New England, the last 
twenty-five years has brought to the Connecticut Valley 
a fair share of the training and culture necessary for 
the growth of an art atmosphere. In spite of the 
emigration of forceful natures to larger centers there is 
a general understanding and appreciation of the 
business of an artist, formerly entirely lacking. 



IDGE 



STREET SCHOOL 



property. Clearing up the waste places; utilizing with good 
cultivation the neglected lands; more liberal application of 
fertilizing material to the cultivated crops, would result in not 
only better dividends for money invested, but a great deal 
more satisfaction with the crops harvestcil, and the general 
appearance of things. 



ART IN THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY. 

m KI.BRIDGE KING.SI.KV. 

/ \V all the illusions fallen to the lot ul 
poor human nature perhaps the greate--t 
lies in the expectations evolved from tlu 
^ludy of intricate problems in art. Vague 
aspirations seeking permanent form in the 
living present are cherished as symbolical 
el high spiritual culture, but they may be 
of so little permanence, these hopes and 
fears, that they will be swept into the du-l 
heap of the next generation. 

No one can assert definitely what Art is. 
has been, or shall be. 
Perhaps the most permanent form of its expression telU the 
story of a human soul in its struggles to reach the infinite 

Perhaps the problem is so simple that a child should under 
stand, yet it has its roots in all created nature. 

It is the present, past, and future of a living universe ! 
This is all, and it 
is sufficient. 

It would seem un- 
necessary to atiiriii 
that an intellectual 
comprehension of art 
docs not produce it ; 
that all the machin- 
ery of classilication. 





EDWARDS ELM 



halls, systems in 
institutions of learn- 
ning, teachers of in- 
numeralilemethodsof 
drawing, painting, 
modelling, etc., 



commo 
creative artist. 

The one .• 
becomes skill f 
setting up star 



h I 




N'o need now to 
explain in matters of 
general information, 
or even to travel for a 
knowledge of the 
world's greatest and 
best. Libraries and 
art museums are 
overrunning with ex- 
amples and informa- 
tion, while the draw- 
ing teacher is a 
familiar sight at every 
school-house. 

The fact will be 
admitted but scarcely 
realized that America 
tod ay has great 
names in the art 
world, needing only 
the glamour of time 



continued to give to her descendants and they continue to 
come back and sit under the elms, to climb Mt. Holyoke and 
look down on the Connecticut Valley. 

The descendants of \Vm. Goodwin have been generous with 
the old town. Beside loving and beautifying Mt. Holyoke, 
they have been the means 
of adding two new and 
beautiful buildings for art 
and literary purposes, so 
that the spirit of the 
ancestry descends to modern 
times in ways undreamed 
of but in entire harmony 
with the feeling inculcated 
when foundations were laid 
in the famous broad street. 
The material is here for the 
historian, the poet, or the 



Those who desire to know more about Northampton, its 
history and attractions, should read the excellent work of the 
late J. R. Trumbull, soon to be complete, in two volumes; Rev. 
Solomon Clark's unique and concise monographs; "Pictur- 
esque Hampshire," and F. N. Kneeland's beautiful book, 





paniter to make classic. 
Rousseau never saw more 
gorgeous sunsets than can 
be seen from the top of Mt. 
Holyoke, or through the 
massive elms of Hadlcy 
vStreet. Corot never at- 
tempted anything finer than 
can be seen every morning 
on Fort River when the mists are creeping up the valley. 
And for the colorists, such as Diaz and Monticelli, where 
could be found visions equal to the autumn color of the 
Connecticut valley, when the broad bosom of the river is of 
burnished silver, when the masses of foliage in scarlet and 
gold seem to come marching down through the green 



MEROY TERRACE 

■llic Meadow City." To these might be added the issue 
of the " Hampshire Centennial Gazette," and the Quarter 
Centennial issue of the "Hampshire County Journal," the 
latter to be found in the local libraries, but now out of print. 



THE SEXTON 



meadows like an army 
tender light of Indian 
Summer suffuses a 
golden haze. Sun- 
shine and shadow 
creep along the val- 
leys, and chase over 
the hills, making pic- 
tures to be echoed in 
far off skies, like 
dreams of a promised 
land. 

It is the Creator of 
all, letting down a 
silken cord and invi- 
ting the human atom 
to forget trivialities, 
to be up and doing 
something of worth 
and moment that 
shall bridge the gulf 
between earth and 
eternit}- ! 



lith banr 



.Xiic 






THE LOST TRAIL. 



■ liglit, 
night, 
i-eyed, 

igUt 

itie. 

d 

of day 




BRIDGE STREET CEMETERY 



The works of Cla- 
rence Hawkes. the 
"Blind Poet of New 
Kngland," appeal to 
the people of North- 
ampton, as well as 
the works of Elbridge 
Kingsley, from the 
close proximity of the 
town of Hadley, 
where the author and 
artist live, and the 
manager of this work 
would feel quite lost, 
as ]irobably would 
the pul>lic. without 
tlie addition of their 
inspiring companion- 
ship in this book, as 
their good words or 
pictures accompanied 
volumes of a similar 
nature as this. 



36 




THE WORK OP A MODIiKN tKK> I Of>K 1 



d 








fifteen minutes, from 6 a. m. till 9 p. m. It is estimated that 
20,000 pieces of mail are handled each day at the office and a 
large part of it two or three times. 

Four clerks are attached to the mailing division, Charles 
C. Lewis, Robert T. Simisoii, George P. Hoxic, and David J. 
Simison. The work in this part of the office is very exacting 
and it requires a great amount of study to become familiar 
with the location of all post-offices in this part of the 
country, so that mail for all points may be forwarded by the 
quickest possible route at all hours of the day and night. 
Time alone is considered in dispatching mails. Distance is 
of no account. G. P. Hoxie and D. J. Simison alternate each 



have reached his office shall be placed at once in the "catch 
all," and without further thought or effort after due lapse 
of time, advertised or "returned to writer," as the case mav 
be, or whether he will avail himself of all kinds of inquiry 
blanks and other resources in the effort to ascertain who the 
misdirected letter was intended for, or where it should be 
sent. There is also a certain per cent of letters that reach a 
city office without street and number being given. If the 
for an unknown person, it is always a question 
or whether these persons 
The inquiry blanks 
this case. 



letter 
wheth 



ippl 



blunder 
somewher 
force in 




two weeks between day and night work. The ni.t;ht clerk 
serves in the office from 7 to n.30 p. m.. when he leaves for 
Springfield in the electric mail car. 

Chas. L. Crittenden is the clerk in charge of the sale of 
stamps, and also attends to the general delivery of the office. 
The receipts for the sale of all denominations of stamped 
paper is upwards of )f 100 a day. About forty different kinds 
of stamps, stamped envelopes, newspaper wrappers and 
postal cards are kept in stock, the total value of which is 
usually an average of some Ji2,ooo. Minute reports are 
made each month of the receipt and sale of stock. 

The general delivery of an office is a very important part 
thereof. It is a sort of "catch all" for all letters not easily 
delivered. It is con.seciuently a very reliable indicator of the 
kind of work done in the city delivery section. 

It is estimated that one letter in every three liundred is 
misdirected in some way. This means that at every post- 
office, a certain per cent of 
the letters received are mis- 
directed to that office and 
not intended for that pl.icc 
at all. It means also that a 
certain percent are intended 
for patrons of the ofTue U> 
which they are addressed, 
but the name or the initials 
are not correct. .\s luis 
been liinted. the general 
deli\ery in the average 
office is what the po.stmasler 



I I became convinced years 
ago that the general 
delivery needed as much 
care and attention, if not 
more, than any other part 
of the office. I believe it is 
a postmaster's duty to make 
every reasonable effort to 
deliver, or find the correct 
office to deliver every letter 
that reaches his office. It 
is not much of a compliment 
to any postmaster to have 
half his advertised letters 
called for l>y people who 
reside within the delivery 
of his office. It shows a 
niiicli higher standard of 
efficiency to locate the ad- 
dressees and deliver the 
letters before they have 
l)een kept long enough to 
advertise. An idea of the 
result of the use of the 
inquiry blanks above 
referred to, together with a card index giving the names of 
all people in the city not in the city directory, the consulting 
of many other directories and voters' lists can be had. when 
it is stated that the average list of advertised letters twenty- 
years ago at this office was twenty a week, while today with 
nearly double the population, the list averages two a week. 
These inquiry blanks not only serve to locate obscure 
people in the city, and correct addresses on letters intended 
for patrons of this office, but we are able to find the proper 
destination of vast numbers of misdirected letters. An 
average of ten addresses are corrected each daj-, or about 
3000 a year at this office. 

One of the greatest efforts of the Post-Office Department 
today is to devise ways and means of correcting the errors 
that the people make in addressing their letters. In other 
words, the effort is to ascertain what the writer intended to 
do, when he erroneously did something else. 



make 

him 

misd: 




««fc MODERN TREATMENT OF THE INSANE. 



ikna «« Ikrtt 






ooks bright and promising. From the better class of 
hospitals all forms of restraint have been abolished ; this 
includes not onl}- the straps and straight jackets, which in 
the public mind are associated so intimately with the idea of 
treatment of the insane, but also, contrarj' to popular opinion, 
the discontinuance of the use of quieting medicines, which, 
while they might induce quiet and sleep for a time, would, 
later on be found to bring about an excitability retarding 
convalescence, or establishing a condition of chronicity. 




MT. NONOTUCK FROM HOCKANUM FERRY 

The control of this class of patients, is watched over by 
committees of the legislature composed of educated and 
humane members who discharge their duties with increasing 
interest. Obviously, in the care of disturbed patients 
diversions must occupy an important place. In some insti^ 
tutions this feature receives more attention than at others. 
The Northampton hospital is peculiarly fortunate in this 
respect. The medical officers, by frequent visits to the 
wards, by lectures and entertainments, and by the use of 
books, pictures and music; also by making the surroundings 
as cheerful and pleasant as possible, induce that contentment 
of mind which is now recognized as one of the most power, 
ful means in the attainment of the amelioration or cure. 

The patient suffering from di.sturbcd ideas, or when 
seriously mentally afflicted, is, according to modern ideas, 
to be treated as sane, so far as it is possible, and attendants 
are instructed to avoid reference in their intercourse with 
patients to anything which may recall tin- condition of those 
afflicted. The great object to lie olitainid is to inspire 
confidence, respect and 
affection. 



and wise superintendent of the Northampton Hospital. 
What he developed has become, to the city a credit, to the 
State an honor, but higher than all this, is what the institu- 
tion means to the poor people, for whom it represents every- 
thing — home, health, protection, and happiness — and to 
others, outside its walls, for many an aching heart, mother 
and father, wife or husband, child or friend wearily waiting 
for the loved ones who cannot return, devoutly breathes a 
prayer i)f i^ratitudc that they are safe from cruelty and harm 
and wisely and humanly 
, cared for. 

The great task of the 
physician is often neither 
appreciated by the patient 
for whom he is conscien- 
tiously doing his best, or 
even by the patient's friends 
who should be most inte- 
rested. Patience, tact, per- 
severance, all are needed, 
day after day, hour after 
hour. An instance is men- 
tioned, where an oft- 
repeated, kindly suggestion 
of the attending physician 
marked a turning point 
from disease to convales- 
cence. The fear and dread 
which at first almost over- 
whelm the poor patient, as 
he is Ijrought to a realiza- 
tion of the situation are 
gradually dispelled by wit- 
nessing the contented, self- 
respecting patients in the 
ward. Scientific, medical 
care includes shelter, food 
clothing, pure air and water, bathing, hygiene, and diversion. 
Out-of-door employment ranks high in the means of diver- 
sion. The dignity of labor is shown even in the bearing of 
the insane workman. Something accomplished, something 
done has earned a night's repose. Medical scientific 
philanthropy does not confine its efforts wholly to the 
patients in the hospitals ; it considers what should be of 
interest to the community — the prevention of insanity. 

It is proper to sound a note of warning against the present 
system of education, both in public schools and colleges. 
The irrational manner in which heavy burdens are imposed, 
without sufficient regard to the capacity of the students, all 
of which predisposes to the mental instability, or to complete 
break-down, under added strain. This problem must attract 
more attention in the near future. 

The future for advancement in the care of mentally 
diseased jiatients is largely in the hands of our law-makers. 
To carry on the work of reform requires reasonable appro- 
priations for the construction and equipment of suitable 



that 



:h noble men and 
women have accom])lished 
in this great reform, and 
particularly when wc 
consider the results of tlu 
labors of the medical 
profession for the luiinau 
and scientific care of the 
insane, one name shines out 
in brightest lustre — it is 
that of Dr. Pliny Karle — 
formerly the honored 





IN PRAISE OF NORT 






I next saw her — wa 
Now she is a city 



ittle more than 
the 20.000 cla; 



banks of the Sabine and Trinity rivers in Texas, exclaiming 
"Oh, for one more sight of the Connecticut!" 

Although great in historic interest, Northampton, even as 
late as 1865 — when 
large sized village, 
with libraries, 
newspapers and an 
electric railway 
service that would 
be creditable to a 
city of 50,000. The 
fame of Smith 
College, within her 
borders, is world- 
wide, her public 
schools rank with 
the best, and lier 
silk manufactures 
have a national 
reputation. 

When ne Toc- 
quevillc visited 
this country to 
observe our free 
institutions a u d 
gather data for liis 
great work, " De- 
mocracy in Ameri- 
ca," he arrived at the conclusion that th 
Massachusetts, especially the region round about Worcester, 
afforded the best example of the benefits of free government. 
Worcester, I believe, is still called "the heart of the Com- 
monwealth" — whatever that may mean— but from my own 
observation I have come to the conclusion that about the best 
type of American citizenship today will be found in North- 
ampton. I sa}- this advisedly, because it has been my fortune 
to live in every section of this country and freely mingle with 
people of all classes and conditions. In the South they 
invite strangers to thier homes and kill the fatted calf, but 
should you believe tliat a "nigger" has some rights a white 




lEW FROM DICKINSON 

Commonwealth of 



important elections in Connecticut are men who can trace 
their ancestry back to colonial days. 

I have heard it said that Northampton is " dead easy " and 
that she is slow. May she never become hard if that means 
that a man must be despised because he is poor or weak, or 
because he is 
black. May she 
never be swift if 
an odious commer- 
cialism threatens 
to pollute the con- 
science of her 
people, destroy 
confidence be- 
tween man and 
man, and finally 
allow some fun- 
gous growth to 
destroy her vitals 
because she lacked 
the moral stamina 
to maintain her 
rights. 

It may be known 
to some North- 
ampton people 
that the writer of 
these few lines had 
a definite object in view when he came among them a little 
more than four years ago to tarry for a season. When just 
on the threshold of young manhood every fond hope of my 
life was turned to ashes. Many and many a time I've tried 
to look through the almost impenetrable darkness to see if 
there was not some beckoning hand from my mother's old 
home just over the river from Northampton. Some boyish 
fancy led me to believe that the spirits of our departed loved 
ones betake themselves where mortal eyes first saw the light, 
and when I pined most for a mother's love I looked there. In 
after years there was recompense for so much sadness, and 
then I formed one chief ambition. That ambition has been 
satisfied, and now I am content. 



HOSPITAL GROUNDS 




HOLLAND'S TRIBUTE TO NORTHAMPTON. 



NEAR FACTORIES, BAY STATE 
man ought to respect, don't lisp it to anybody, because if you ilo 
you'll surely have cause to regret it. In some of the Western 
States— especially Kansas— multitudinousisms grow^ and .spread 
like Jonah's gourd, until at last we have the edifying spectacle 
of Carrie Nation haranguing the mob on temperance, and at the 
same time drumming up trade for hatchets. Even down in 
Connecticut, once known as the " land of steady habits," it is 
an open secret that there are towns where 25 per cent of all the 
votes cast are sold to the highest bidder, and furthermore it is a 
fact that a large proportion of tho.se who l)Uy and sell votes at 

42 




THE OLD LADIES' HOME. 



T" 





Still aoother, an aged man, who hail passrd the three score 
aud ten years, Samuel Wright of Itridge street, living where 
the house o£ John Draper was huilt, most beautiful for 
situation, shaded by one of the most beautiful uiaple trees in 
the city, planted by Dr. Samuel Stebbins— Mr. Wright, who 
look a dislike to the town of Northam])ton, gave to the 
writer, by will, the house and all its eontents. As he had 
done nothing for his fcUowmen in life he wished to leave his 
property for the benefit of aged women. 

Harvey Kirkland, his adviser, said his mind was so feeble 
that a will then made would not stand, and his heirs would 
break it, and of that 
valuable estate, after the 
auction, was sent to the 
wri'.er, instead of the house 
a wooden chair, that did 
not sell. 

But later years found men 
and women generous 
enough to establish this 
home for the aged aud the 
need)-. 

And now has eouie the 
time when a new building 
aud more rooms are needed. 
The population of 12,000 
persons has increased to 
18,000. 

Every room is occupied. 
Ten inmates, one almost 
ninety-three years old, 
makes that home a sacred, 
happy retreat and another 
of ninety years still plies 
her needle, while a helpless 
rheumatic invalid still 
smiles cheerfully, though 
pains rack her body and' 

teaches the visitors a lesson of content. We do not wish to 
part with these inmates who teach the managers, but we do 
wish to have rooms for all who need, and the uuijoritv favor 
an enlargement that will not detract from tlie homelike 
appearance of this simple, happy home. 

To this end a gentleman has already prcnnistd a sum of 
money in memory of a beloved mother, several otlurs xvisli 

ing fund has been started. 

Faith born of good works inspires the belief that friends 
near and far will gladly contribute funds to enable all who 
apply to enter the doors, which have always ojjcned wide and 
given a welcome, 110 matter to wliat eliureli tiny lielong. 



trous have done much to make the institution what 



it now is, and the lirst in iS 
has never been excelled 
her good qualities, she £ 
aged will al 
be a powt r : 



be with 



3(, Mrs. I^asalle, a Roman Catholic, 
in ability and economy and to all 
:lded great skill in nursing. The 
is, and this little Home will always 
C. S. L.^THROP, Secretary. 



CLARKE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. 

'"pllK Clarke School for the Deaf has an enrollment of one 

hundred and fifty pupils, and it has become one of the 

most important institutions of the city. Its beneficent, 





BY THE RIVER SIDE 

singularly enlightening work has attracteil wide notice. 
When its incorporators ajjplied for a charter, there was not a 
school for the deaf in the country taught by the oral method, 
and now there are over twenty. Then there was not a single 
teacher of articulation in schools for the deaf, and now 
nearly all are teachers of articulation. 

But, as the late L. J. Dudley, preident of the corporation, 
said, the good done by the Clarke Institution during the last 
twenty-five years is not to be measured solelj- by speech 
given to the speechless, nor by culture given to the mind. 
The deaf have been uplifted, at least in Massachusetts, out- 
siile the schoolroom. The child of four senses in no longer 
regarded as pos.sessiug only in a partial degree the attributes 
of average humanity ; and it no longer figures 
in our statutes and State documents as one of 
the pariahs of society. 

Twenty-five years ago, only six years were 
allowed by the State for the education of a 
deaf child, and th&t exclusively by sigus. The 
hearing child learns the most practical part of 
its mother tongue from its mother's lips and 
from the common parlance of the family 
1>efore it goes to school at all. It would take 
the deaf child at least four years to reach the 
vantage ground with which the hearing child 
begins school life. This would leave but two 
years in which to complete its education. 
Now, every deaf pupil is allowed ten years of 
schooling; and if the parents desire and 
certain reasonable conditions arc met, the 
Governor of the Commonwealth is authorized 
to ])rolong this period of ten years 
indefinitely. 




ME DEPARTMENT. 




The most important phase iu the chanjje to 
the new order of things was the adoption of 
the permanent or regular service system at 
the Center, as a partial substitute for the old 
all-volunleer organization. The small begin, 
ning was so successful in quick responses to 
alarms that more permanent men were added, 
until it is now possible to get every piece of 
fire alarm apparatus, with sufficient men to 
serve it at a fire, as soon as the first round o^ 
an alarm is completed. In this particular our 
department is just as efficient as that of anv 
city. It was not many years ago when an 
alarm was followed bv a wait of several 



minutes before 
the apparatus 
started out, be- 
causethe horses 



i^MMt^ , ^^k lirought from 

lniF~~* ^^^^H e y-trained 

^Hk^^ ^^^^H horses the 

^^^J^^^^^^M ^'"'^f engineer's horse 

\^^^^^^^^^K the 

^^^HB^^^^^^F the 

^^^^^^^^^^^^ alarm open the 

^^^^^^^^^ sends 

^^^^^^_ _ them trotting out to their 

positions under the harnesses. 
Improvement in the apparatus 
naturally accompanied these important changes, until today 
the equipment is as modern and adequate as that to be found 
in most small cities in this part of the country. The most 
valuable addition to the apparatus in recent years was the 
combination chemical and hose wagon, which has repeatedly 
demonstrated its worth in putting out incipient fires without 
the loss which would follow the use of a big stream of water, 
and in promptly reaching fires which would get beyond 
control if the old and slower method of fighting had to be 
depended upon. The new 
hook and ladder truck, with 
its light truss pattern of 
ladders, purchased this 
summer, isal.soan improve- 
ment much appreciated Iiy 
the hook and ladder men, 
and which makes possible 
a quicker and more efficient 
service in getting into burn- 
ing buildings. 

It is also a i)leasure to 
record that along with this 
material improvement there 
has been accomplished a 
very important change for 
llie better by the removiil 
of the department from 
])olitics, or of politics from 
the department. The an- 
nual disturbances and party 
quarrels which once shook the department and damaged its 
efficiency are now altogether of the past. Successive mayors 
and committees cooperate heartily with the officers and men 
in maintaining that harmony which is necessary to a good 
fire-fighting service. The public also takes an interest in the 
department and apjiaratus. All this inspires the firemen to 
keep the apparatus in first class condition and to devote 
themselves conscientiously to their work. 




DAM AT BAY STATE 



thi 



namei 
secon 




LOOK 



TOWARDS COSM 



engmeer, 

the superintendent of the fire alarm system and five firemen 
quartered at the Center engine house. The chief engineer 
has an assistant at the Center, Felix Laframboise, and a 
second assistant in charge of the companies at Florence, 
Charles O. Parsons, both efficient engineers. The Center 
department is made up as follows : chemical company, seven 
men, the driver and two men being permanent firemen ; hose 
company, eight men ; hook and ladder company, twelve 
men ; steamer, named by engineer and stoker. The drivers 
of the hose wagon and ladder truck are permanent men. The 
water pressure iu the city is so good that the steamer is 
needed only at large fires, and it does not respond to the first 
alarm. The force at Florence consists of a hose company of 
ten men, hook and ladder company of twelve men, steamer, 
by engineer and stoker, which responds only to 
darms. No horses are stabled at the Florence engine 
house and the force is en- 
tirely volunteer. Conse- 
(juently there is frequently 
a delay of several minutes 
in getting the apparatus 
started out. .\ movement 
til is year to quarter one 
]>ernianent man and span of 
lionscs at this house was 
unsuccessful, but Florence 
property owners will soon 
insist upon this needed im- 
provement in the service 
there. Bay State village 
has a hose wagon and ladder 
truck, manned by a com- 
pany of ten men. Leeds 
village has a hose wagon, 
cilil hand engine and a com- 
pany of fourteen men. The 
fire alarm system will 
hat village in the near future. 
Iways a special mark for the critics 
of public administrations, but it must be remembered that 
this department is not provided with unlimited funds where- 
with to purchase the latest in apparatus, to maintain an 
adetjuate force of permanent men, and to provide training in 
modern methods of fire fighting. It is proper to say here 
that officers and men are doing the best possible with what 



doubtless be extended i 
The fire department i 




AN ELHJCATJONAL 
fFNTKR. 




THE CHAUTAUQUA ASSEMBLY. 



vork has broadened and deepened and has been put on a 



Q 



\ MOXC7 the educational inslitutiou 
-'^ for which Nortlianipton is faniou 
may justly be reckoned the Chautaiuiu: 
Assembly at Laurel Park. 

The Park itself is a 

beautiful grove of chest- 
nuts, pinjs and itiiplcs. 
covering perhaps a hun- 
dred acre*. It is less 
than three miles from 
)ton 



The Assemlily lasted - 
sive. TJiere are each dn 
rium,. morning, after no< 
fully varied, "concerts. 
All of the highest quali 



ays last year, July 8-iS inclu- 
iiti ! tainments in the Audito- 
Miing. These are wonder- 
, jnK.^ling, orator}-, debate. 
be^t talent that the country 



city anil is liv;t reached from Northani 
by' the Hatfield line of electrics. T 
coming from a greater distance may travi. 
the way by rail, a; the Boston and Maine 
New Haven railroads have each a stt 
within three minutes walk of th" park. 

No more beautiful spot can be found in tlie 
Valley. The grove itself, on elevated ground- 
coniniandn wide sweeps of valley and meadow, 
framed on all sides by mountains. To the 
north lies Toby and Sugarloaf, to the east 
the Pclham hills, southward ihe serrated 
Mount Holyoke range, and beyond the Notch. 
Mt. Tom, with its precipitous, basaltic sides, 
completes the circuit. Almost in the center of 
the basin is Mt. Warner, and wandering in wide sweeps a 
curves through the fertile mtadow laiui the majestic ri 
rolls southward toward the fO'Mid. 

The Connecticut Valley Chautauqua was foundeii sixt. 
years ago. For nearly as many years before tlie grove 1 
been used as a camp ground by the Methodists. Tile groui 
had long been dotted with cotlages and tents. An auditori 
and boariling houses had been ereited and were tlie projK- 
of the Methodist .Association. 

For some eight years after its foundation tin Assenil)Iy \ 
managed wholly by local parties, but in iSy.s Dr. W. I,. 1); 
son was cniplcyed as Superintendent of Instruction. 
Davison has had charge of Chautauqua work for fifteen yi. 

id is at iireseiit superintendent of four other .\ss. niM 





PARK STREET, FLORENCE 
produces is brought to tlie Laurel Park platform. Talniage, 
Coimell, MrArthur, Sam Jones, "Adirondack" Murray, 
Congressmen Horr and Landis, Dr. P. S. Hcnson, Robert E. 
lUirdette, I'rancis Wilson. It is a free platform. " No man's 
lips are padlocked. Without regard to deiiominaticnal lines 
or political distinction, specialists who have great thoughts 
to give are invited to give them." There are the words of 
the prosi>ictus and they are wholly true. 

Besides llie w 01 k in the .Aueiitorium, important irslructicu 
is earvie.l on in Normal Hall, Trinity Chapel and other 
buiUiingsoii the grounds. Classes in languages, elocution, 
]diysical eullure, cooking, art, and science, are conductid 
daily. An hour for children, an hour for Sunday School 
two rehearsals daily of the 
of. Aboin, are a part of the daily 
pri gram. This and much 
more makes the Laurel 
Park Chautauqua a source 
of great moial uplift to the 
people of the valley. 

Tlie officers of the Assent 
bly are : President, Rev. E 
P. Butler, Sunderland; \'ice 
president. Judge L. E 
Hitchcock, Chicopee; Sec 
retary, James B. K ing 
Springfield; Treasurer 
George L. Harris, North 
anipton. 

The fact that au enter- 
prise of this kind is so well 
supported isa fair indication 
of the high intellectual and 
moral cliaracter of the 
peojileof the Valley. 

The future jirospccts to 
the .Vs-embly are liright and 
without question many 
years of usefulness lie be- 
fore what may well be called 
•■The People's Uuiver- 



I » 





L''ii^ I II I 



THE JOMF «T.TTL'RF QUE 







VATHU^AL 50CIETY AND dUB UFF. 




The Foresters of America are largely represented in this 
city. The growth of this order, since the secession or with- 
drawal from the Ancient Order of Foresters, a few years ago, 
has been quite remarkal)le and now this society has become 
one of the most important in the social life of the city. Its 
various assemblies for public amusement rail out many 
not connected with it. The organization has two courts 
here, Mjadow Citj^ anil Duvernay, the latter composed of the 
French American people. The 
higher degree is represented in 
the Knights of Sherwood Forest, 
a finely equipped and well trained 
organization, and the ladies, poet- 
ically called " Companions of tlic 
Forest," meet in two circles, Juli- 
ette and the Pride of Meadow 
City. 

The Knights of Pythias control 
the largest society hall in the city 
and have a growing organization. 
Northampton Commandery, Uni- 
formed Rank, is a well equipped 
company of men of fine personal 
appearance, on parade, and the 
subordinate lodge, Norwood, does 
noble woik in charity. Good 
Will Temide of Ralhbone Sisters 
ably supplements the work of the 
men. 

The Improved Order of R? I 
Men are represented in this city 
by two vigorous tribes, Capa- 
wonke and Passacomet, and the program carried out on the 
field day, held last September under such discouraging cir- 
cumstances, showed the stuff the modern red men are made 
of. The local tribes are growing, as the natural result of 
such grit and encigy as was then displayed. 

The Ancient Grderof United Workmen lias two flourishing 
lodges in Northampton — College City and Hampshire lodges, 
and in this vicinity the order has the advantage of having 
some of the ablest organizers and deputies iu the country. 
They are constantly at work "for the good of the order," and 
as a consequence the organization is constantly growing. 

Enterprise Lodge, Degree of Honor, at the center, and 
Crescent Lodge at Florence, are organizations of young 
rho make inter- 



Florence Council of the Royal Arcanum fs a flourishing 
fraternal and assessment insurance organization, as is Flor- 
ence Commandery, of the United Order Golden Star. 

The Firemen's Relief Association and Northampton Street 
Railway Einplayes' Relief Association are organizations 
which have done much to aid their members in sickness and 
other trouble, and are faithfully officered. 

The adopted sons of America, in the English, Irish, Ger- 




RANGE OF NORTHAMPrON RIFLE CLUB 

man, and l-'rcnch ties of blood, foster justly their social 
characteristics and interests in a measure, through their 
various societies. The sons of "Old Albion" gather in Prim- 
rose Lodge, Sons of St. George, and their women with them 
in Victoria Lodge, Daughters of St. George. 
The Germans have a political society called 



the German 
be referred to 



esting the srcial life cf 
the community while fur- 
thering the interests of 
their society. Their vari- 
ous entertainments dur'ng 
the winter months are al- 
ways events of more than 
usual note, and have an 
originality of their own. 

The Knights of Honor 
are represented by a lodge 
at Florence and the Center, 
and both lodges are in good 
condition. 

Colonial Commandery. 
Knights of Malta, is one of 
the newer organizations, 
which has achieved much 
strength, and promises an influential organization. 

The Loyal Knights and Ladies of Florence, as represented 
iu Court King Arthur, are an organization which comprises 
some of the bright young people of the village, and their 
meetings are said to be of never flagging interest to their 
members. 




OUSTRIAL SCHOO 



American Citizens' Association, which 
elsewhere, as having built a fine hall the past year. 

Tlien there is the order of Harugari, represented by Steu- 
ben Lorige, the S:huetzenverein and Turnverein organiza- 
tions, whose objects are generally well understood. 

The French people are represented in several vigorous 
organizations, besides Duvernay Court of Foresters, else- 
where referred to. The St. John 
BapMst Society is the oldest and the 
I, Union St. Joseph, which celebrates 
i's anniversary in January, 1903, is, 
with the former a powerful benevo- 
lent organization. Then there is the 
iMcnch Dramatic Club and the 
I'rench Naturalization Club, both of 
which have performed important 
work for their people. 

The Irish Catholic people have 
their well known Aiiacient Order of 
Hibernians, the Catholic Knights of 
America at Florence and the Knights 
of Columbus at the center, the lattt r 
with well appointed clubrooms, and 
the Hibernian society ladies have 
an able auxiliary, which manages 
several well appointed social events 
every season. 
The Temperance societies, which are certainly fraternal, 
in their aims, make a numerous representation in Northamp- 
ton, and in years past they have done noble work; neither do 
they seem to be weary in well doing. The good accom- 
plished by the Catholic temperance, or, more rightly named, 



clK. ... V. 






Tij R?piblican Clu'^ has hid a^ 
in this ciiv since the last presidcn 
rooms in the Ma-onic block, which a 
its members. The club has givei 



^ffinent orsjanuation 
.1 campaign ami has 
much appreciated by 
sevcjal receptions to 
uoted men of the party, and has proven an excellent means 
of preserving harmony iu the party. 

The sporting interests of the city are well repre- 
sented, in the Northamptou Driving Park .Associa- 
tion, which owns grounds much patronized; in the 
Rod and Gun Club, which has an influential organi- 
zation, and has done much to foster and protect fish 
and game; and in the Northampton Rifle Club, which 
aUo has a large membership, and one of the best 
ranges for target shooting to be found in this 
country. The German S,;huetzenvereiu has already 
been mentioned. 

The veterans of the civil war are well held together 
in that well known and honorable organization, the 
Grand .\rmy of the Republic. Most of the surviv- 
ing members of \Vm. L. Baker Post are shown in 
a group picture elsewhere. They are completely 
m.Mi whom thj city deliiih'.s to honor, and tlieir 
work is ably supplemented by a well managed Rjlief 
Corps. 

The different trade unions of the city now number 
twenty-five, .and nearly every branch of labor is 
organized. Five years ago there were no unions in 
the city, worth speaking of. The membership of the 
united organizations is uow over two thousand, and 
the annual field day, the first Monday iu September, always 
brings out a large concourse of spectators. 



hoped that people of other denominations will aid it in its 
efforts. Rev. J.C. Breakei, the pastor, also conducts services 
at the county jail on Sunday afternoons. 

St. John's Episcopal church, on Elm street, has been else- 
where referred to. It is fortunately endowed, and has had 
as its pastor Rev. R. Cottou Smita. who has recently resigned. 




THE CHURCHES. 

The religious societies of Xortbanijuoii ought to meet the 
wants of all devotional minds, as nearly all shades of relig- 
ious belief are represented, and most of the church edifices 
are of modern pattern and well calculated to meet the social 
ami devotional ideas of their members. .Ml the churches 
have their subonlinate mis- 
sionary and other societies 
of members and young peo- 
ple, which do much good 
in their several ways, and 
it would be difficult in so 
limited a space to enumer 
ate them all. 

The Congregational de- 
nomination is represented 
by three societies, the I'irst 
and Edwanls at the center, 
and the Florence Congrega- 
tional church, iu Florence. 
All have substantial mod- 
ern edifices, and large mem- 
bership. Rev. Henry T. 
Rose is pastor of the "Old" 
or First church. Rev. S. A 
church, and the Edwards 
was about to call a pastor. 

The Metho list church is represented both at Florence and 
the center, a tasteful, new ef'ifice having been erected within 
a few years on Elm street, which the artist was unable to 
picture on account of foliage. Rev. H. G. Buckingham is 
pastor at Florence, and Rev. C. E. Holmes at the center. 

The Baptist denomination shows progressiveness in 
attempting to build a new edifice, which it needs, and it is 




The Unitarian denomination is represented by two societies : 
the Second Congregational society at the center, ai;d the 
organization which meets at Cosmian Hall, Florence, the 
latter being the resultant of the old Free Congregational 
society, originally a congregation of free thinkers and 
agnostics. Rev. Alfred Free is the resident speaker at 
Florence, and Rev. F. H. Kent, minister at the center. 

Roman Catho'ics have four church edifices in the city. 

Rev. John Kenny and Rev. M. J. Welch officiate at St. Mary's, 

the older church, at the center. Rev. Noel Rainviile at the 

(French) Church of the Sacred Heart, and Rev. T. P. Lucey 

at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament, in the Bay State 

parish, and Rev. P. H. Gal- 

len at the Church of the 

.\nnunciation, in Florence. 

-A church society of Cliiis- 

_ tian Scimtists also hold 

regular meetings in a hall 

in^Herlihy's block, on State 

street, and are gradually 

increasing their member- 

ship. 

There are also three mis- 
sion Sunday-schools, one of 
the Congregational denomi- 
nation, at Leeds, and an 
undenominational one in 
the chapels at Bay State 
village and Hospital Hill. 



SPRING GROVE CEMETERY 



Barrett pastor of the 
church, at time of thi 



Florence 
wrifing, 



THE RAILROAD SYSTEMS. 

When it comes to tlie matter of railway connection with 
the outside world, Northampton can hold its own with any 
city of its size. All points of the compass, north, south, 
east and west, are easily and quickly reached. The Boston 
and Maine road furnishes trains to Boston and Montreal, 
and southerly as far as Springfield, many times a day. The 






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CITY SEWERAGE. 

The sum of 1253,458 has been expended by the city of 
Northampton iu furnishing a system of severage which is 
probably as good as that of most cities. It is tweuty-five 
miles in length, and, in the main, is satisfactory to the people ; 
but there are certain localities where it is now seen that it 
would have been for the advantage of the city, when it built 
sewers, to have constructed upon the small, or separate sys- 
tem, dividing sewage as such from storm or surface water. 

The city has lately been embarrassed by an arbitrary decree 
of the State Board of Health, which ordered it to empty its 
sewage into the Connecticut instead of the Mill river, and iu 
asmuch as the sewer discharge is below the residential part 
of the city, and the course of Mill river, in emptying into 
the Connecticut, a mile b.-low, is entirely through uninhabited 
lantl, the city has so far resented the decision and taken no 
steps to conform to it. 

What the issue will be is of course uncertain, but a« Mill 
river is a natural open river in the city, flushed naturally by 
storms many times in a year, it is believed by well informed 
citizens that the city is not warranted in putting any more 
money into "a hole iu the ground," at present, to please 
mere theorists. It is also believed that if the city were 
proceeded against, by the State Board of Health, that any 
jury of intelligent men would decide that Northampton hail 
done its duty in the matter of sewerage, up to the present 
time, and upon a system safe to follow, generally, for many 
years to come. 




there is a French weekly paper of more than ord- 
Le Rateau, of which 1'. C. Chatel is editor. It is 
humorous vein, and hasa large list of subscribers, 
the short time it has been established. 



nary merit, 
edited in a 




THE HOTELS. 

The city is well provided with hotels, the chief of which 
are the Hotel Norwood and the Hampton, with the Bay Stale 
House and City hotels, closely following iu reputation. 
Rahar's Inn is also a first class hostelry, but limited iu size 
and accommodation. The Florence and Cottage hotels at 
Florence and the Leeds hotel supply the needs of the western 
Ijart of the city. 



FLORENCE M. E. CHURCH 



TPiE POLICE. 

The i)olice of Northampton are as fine appearing and able 
a body of men as can be found in any city, and whatever cri- 
ticism may have been offered, from time to time, upon this 
department, it is a fact that human life and property are as 
safe here as iu the average of cities of its size. 



THE NEWSPAPERS. 

Journalism in Northampton is represented by two daily 
and weekly papers. The Daily Herald is the oldest daily 
paper in the city, but the Daily Hampshire Daily Gazette is 
the lineal descendant of the oldest weekly newspaper, which 
latter is over one hundred years old, ami its editor, Henry S. 
CjCTC, is one of the oldest if not the oldestcilitor still iu active 
service in the slate. 

C. A. Pierce & Co., who conduct the Herald, have built up 
a desirable newspaper and job office pro])erty, ami both pa])ers 
are Republican in politics. Besides the Weekly Gazette, 



ASSESSORS OF TAXES. 

The pictured group of city officials on page 64 dees not in- 
clude the board of assessors, because we had to stop some- 
where, but the work of this board deserves commendation 
for its faithfulness and di.scretiou. Taxes are not high in 
Northampton, which is a point intending residents will be 
pleased to know. 

The rate of taxation has averaged only about $i6 on |l,coo 
the last few years, and the debt of the city is steadily de- 
creasing, under good financial management. 



54 



THE CITY CHARTER QUESTION 



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Fifth. Criticism has been made — and apparently upon 
justifiable grounds— that there is no responsibility under our 
charter. The fault — if fauli there is— does not lie with the 
charter. All things considered, it might be difficult to make 
responsibility more direct 
and exjlicit than is made 
by the charter, in part as 
follows : " The Mayor shall 
" be the chief executive offi- 
" cer of the city. He shall 
" cause the laws and regu- 
" lations of the city to be 
"enforced and keep a gcne- 
"ral supervision over the 
" conduct of all subordinate 
"officers." All votesof and 
contracts made by the City 
Council are " laws ami re- 
gulations " within the 
meaning of the cliarter. 
The Mayor cannot be de- 
prived of this authority and 
duty by the city ordinances 
or any voteof the City Coun- 
cil. It is to be regretted that 
some of our Mayors for 
some cause have neglected 
to exercise this legal right, 
and have wrongfully trans- 
ferred much of this autho- 
rity to committees. The 
duties of Mayor require 
more than a figurehead. 

To enable the Mayor to 
have some requisite infor- 
mation to properly guard 
the city's interests, and to 
insure co-operation among 
the different departments 
and the city government, 
the charter wisely provides 
that he shall be ex-officio 
chairman of the School 

Committee and Overseers of the Poor, but for some unac 
countable reason the City Council did not ajiply this excel 
lent principle and practice in framing the rules and ordi 
nances. By them the Mayor is ma.le chairman of a fc« 
committees, but he is not mentioned in connection with ini 
portaut committees — among which are fire 
departmei.t, police, fuel, street lights and 
sidewalks — ihat consider and supervise thi- 
expenditure of lens of thousands of dcllars. 
The Mayor alone receives a salary — fSoo. He 
alone should assume the duties and responsi- 
bilities placed upon him by the p.ople — that 
of carrying out and executing the laws and 
the decreesof the City Council. He should be 
placed in a position to enable him to kee]) 
himself informed on all matters pertaining to 
the interests of the city. To that end he 
should be made chairman ex-officio of every 
committee which has the expenditure of city 
money. 

Sixth. There is no one matter which is si> 
often and persistently brought to the attention 
of msmbers of the city government, especially 
to new members, as that of salaries, which arc 
annually considered and voted. That we 
have treated our officials fairly we can point 
to the fact that in eighteen years of city life 




AT COOKS DAM 



few, if any, have resigned because of inadequate salaries. 
The salaries pai<l in other cities have nothing to do with the 
question. City officials, like other people, as they develop, 
will outgrow their surroundings and business, and will 
naturally seek their for- 
tunes elsewhere. A salary 
should never be created, 
raised or fixed for a parti- 
cular individual. " There 
are as good fish in the sea 
as ever were caught." We 
should realize that as the 
city grows requirements in 
^o^le of the < ffices grow. 
All things considered, sala- 
ries should be liberal and 
sufficiently adequa e to 
obtain sufficient and com- 
petent men, and then such 
salaries should be fixed by 
city ordinance, which may 
be done under our present 
charter. But to prevent 
favoritism and insure stabi- 
lity the Legislature should 
pass a law to prevent the 
frequent changing of such 
ordinance, by requiring the 
affirmative votes of two- 
thirds of the members of 
each board to alter or 
change it. 

Seventh. The Mayor 
should have the right to 
veto any order or vote of 
the City Council or either 
branch thereof, whether it 
involves the expenditure of 
money or not 

Eighth. Thereshouldbe 
no life-tenure of office for 
any man. 
If the above suggestions 
were, in substance, given the sanction of law I am confident 
that no form of city charter known to our statute books 
would insure for us more simple, efficient and responsible 
work than our own good charter so amended. 




.EEDS SILK MILL 




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IN LEEDS VILLAGE 

A RARE TROLLY RIDE. 

LOOPING THE ELECTRIC LOOP, FROM NORTHAMPTON, OVER 
FIVE ROADS, TO HOLVOKE, SOUTH HADLEY, OVER MT. 
HOLYOKE TO AMHERST AND BACK. 

Trolly rides are coming in to prominence as a pleasurable 
form of outing, more and more, with the extension of electric 
roads, and the latest 
acquisition to this 
modern transporta- 
tion service, — the 
road from Amherst 
to South Had ley, 
through the "Notch" 
in the Mt HoUoke 
range — lias attracted 
a great man> people 

It is not to be won 
dered at, for the ride 
which is afforded 
from Northampton 
through the Notch 
and back to this cit\ 
by wayofHohoki is 
one which, all thing-, 
considered has no 
])arallel, for b(.aui> 
and ecououn of time 




and money, in this region. You make a 
great loop of about thirty miles, for ihirty- 
live cents, and see as great a diversity of 
country as can well be crowded into such a 
space of territory. Mountain and meadow, 
hill and valle)', river and purling brook, wild 
land and park, all pass before the eyes in a 
living panorama which almost makes theeyes 
swim, with the glory of its color. This is all 
yours for seventy cents. 

Now this will show you how to spend your 
seventy cents, the distance you go, and ihe 
time it will take you, from Northampton : 
TIME COST DISTANCE 

.45 Holyoke 10 9 

.25 South Hadley ... .05 5 

.40 Amherst .10 10 

.45 Norihampton .10 8 



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In traveling these thirty-two miles, you run 
over five different lines, the Norihampton street railway, the 
Holyoke line, the Hampshire company's tracks to South 
Hadley, the Amherst and Sunderland road to Amherst, and 
the Northampton and Amherst road, back to Northampton ; 
but the accommodations of these lines have been so svstema- 
tized now that if one takes '.he right cars, he can go through 
from Northampton, to Amherst, by way of Holyoke, without 
interruption, and 
make one change 
thereafter, a t Am- 
herst, for the "Mea- 
dow City." The en- 
tire trip can thus be 
covered in about two 
hours and a half, and 
from Northampton 
one can of course go 
in eitlierdirection, by 
tlK- way of Holyoke 
anil South Hadley to 
llie " Notch," and 
Inu-k to this city, by 
Amherst, or vice 



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" Mqipose 

, . by the route of which 

no one has yet tired 
- the picturesque 
Mountain Park line, through Mt. Tom and 5miths 
Ferry. Mt. Tom station, Mountain park and Hol- 
yoke are already familiar to most patrons of the trolly. 
A pretty line it is which passes through them— along 
the broad plain, with the Montgomery hills on the 
western horizon, the aromatic odor of a corner of the 
moun ain side, perhaps, as the car goes under the 
damp mountain side, the climb to the top of Moun ain 
])ark ; then the chimneys and smoke of Holyoke below 
and the always beautiful view nor hward, neat by 
Kenilworth. At Holyoke you change tv. the South 
Hadley cars, and are whirled through a commonplace 
I iiough looking country until you run into the little 
. ollcge town on the east side o. the river. The modern, 
! nautiful new buildings are an evidence that Mary 
I, von builded better than she knew. The stately 
Dwight Memorial building, the repository of Elbridge 
Kiiigsley's life work, is the latest addition to the 
gro..nds if they can be called such. The catnpus is 
here open to the street, with no fence to mar its beauty. 
Opposite the village church you may change cars for 






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3ME REPRESENTATIVE MEMBERS OF BOARD OF TRADE 
Iw^iril. \V. A. Sl,-v,MiMMi. Win. II. Frikcr. .Inlm T. U.-wfv. Wan- 



Frank E. Davis 



The BoarJ of Trade, of the City of Xortliaiiiptoii, through boy or gir 
a committee appointed for that purpose, desire lo call the 
attention, briefly, of many who will read these pages, at a 
distance, to the advantages of the city as a place of residence 
and business. 

The committee does not feel it necessary to treat the sub- 
ject exhaustively, as that seems to have been done in the 
this work was undertaken wit 



d all that they could desire in the way of 
brary facilities, which are an aid thereto, 



education. Tht 
are matchless. 

There is abundant room and many inducements for manu 
facturers and business men generally to locate in this citv 
Land is cheap, and taxes are not high. Railroads run north 
south, east and west, and electric, as well as steam road com 
munication is perfect. Electric power can be had to supple 





ment that of steam. There arc good highways, plenty 
of pure water and good sewerage in every part of the 



lity tables show that Northampton is most 
tuated in point of health. The rale last 
■.38, comparing most favorably with the 



fully treated of in the foregoing 

matters of minor detail, and the 

mmittee appointed for the ])ur])ose 

111 the manager of this publication, 

case upon the showing made. 

BOARD OF TR.\DE 
By Special Committee. 



THE PROPOSED NEW BAPTIST CHURCH 



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THE'SHK WORM AT FLORENCE. 



A very inteiesting study is tlie work of the silk -n-orni 
at the works of the Nonotuck Silk Compauy, in Flo- 
reuce, and a description of Norlhampton of Today 
would hardly b; complete without some reference to it. 
The silk culture movement began in Xorthauipton, 
with the famous community of Florence, a history of 
which will be found in Sheffeld's book on Florence, 
and the present work i:i that village is largely for 
exhibition purposes. 

The wonderful insect that jnakes the silk is the larva 
of a small moth called Sc'ricaria vioii. This moth is 
classed with the Lcpidoplera, or scaly winged injects, 
family Botiibycida, or spinners. This species of cater- 
pillar is commonly called the Mulberry Silkworm. 
First reared in China, it is now extensivily cultivated 
in China, Japan. Italv. France. Spain, and other Euro- 




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CORTICEI.LI SILKWORMS .\BOrT EIGHTEKX H.WS 0L1> 

pcan countries. Owing to the greater value of labor he: e_ 
t'.ie United States cannot compete with these countries in 
the production of raw silk. 

The silkworm has become domesticated, since, during 
the long centuries in which it has been cultivated, it has 
acquired many useful peculiarities. Man has striven to 
increase i s silk producing power, and in this he has suc- 
ceeded, for, by comparing the cocoon of the silkworm of 
to-day with its wild relations, the Corticelli cocoon is 
found to be much larger, even in proportion to the size of 
the worm that makes it, or the moth that issues from it. 
The moth's loss of the power of flight, aixl the white color 
of the species are probably the results of domestication. 

The silk moth exists in four states— egg. larva, chry- 
salis, and adult. The egg of the moth is nearly round, 
slightlv flattened, and closely resembles a turnip seed. 
When tirst laid it is yellow, soon turning a gray or slate 
color if impregnated. It has a small spot on one end, 
called the mieropyle, and when the worm hatches, which 
in our climate is about the first of June, it gnaws a hole 
through this spot. Black in color, scarcely an eighth of an 
inch in length, covered with long hairs, with a shiny 



nose, and sixteen small legs, the baby worm is born, 
leaving the shell of the egg white a.id transparent. 

Small and tender leaves of the white mulberry 
i^Morus alba), or osage orange yJMaclura aureniiaca), 
arc fed. the young worm simply piercing them and 
sucking the sap. Soon the worm becomes large enough 
to eat \he tender portions between the veins of the 
leaf. In eating they hold the leaves by the six forward 
feet, and then cut otf semi-circular slices from thf leaf's 
edge by the sharp upper portion ot the mouth. The 
jaws move sidewise, and several thousand worms eating 
make a noise like falling rain. 

The Corticelli worms are kept on small trays. Every 
morning an attendant carefully transfers the worms on 
one tray to another, on which'is a clean, white paper. 
In this' way the worms are kept cUau. In foreign 
countries the leaves are placed beside the worms, or 
upon a slatted or perforated tray placed above them, 
and those that crawl off are retained, while the weak 
ones are removed with the old leaves. The worms 
breathe through spiracles, small holes which look like 
black spots, one rowof nine down fach side of the body. 
They have no eyes, but are quite sensitive to noise, and 
if you rap upon the table they ^top eating and throw 
their heads to one side. They are velvety, smooth, and 
cold to the touch, and the flesh is firm, almost hard. 
The pulsation of the blood may be traced on the back 
of the worm, running towards the head. 

The worm has four molting seasons, at each of which 
it sheds its old skin for a i^ew one, since in the very 
rapid growth of the worm the old skin cannot keep pace 
with the growth of the body. The periods bttween 
these different molts are called "ages," there being 
live, the Urst extending from the time of hatching to 
the end of the first molt, and the last from the end of 
the fourth molt o the transformation of the insect into 
a chrysalis. The time between the "molts" varies 
with the species of worm. 

When the worm molts it ceases eating, grows slightly 
lighter in color, fastens itself firmly by the ten prolegs, 
and especially by the last two, to some object, and 




COCOON BEGUN— SILKWC 



sE.^RLY HIDDEN FROM VIEW. 



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Health, the City Solicitor, the City Messenger and the Sealer 
of Weights and Measures are without offices in the building 
and to the detriment of the public interests. 

Other offices must soon follow that of the Water Depart- 
ment unless a new building is erected, which will properly 
meet the demands of the people. Rentals in outside buildings 
are expensive and with but few removals of offices the cost to 
the city would equal the interest on a City Hall debt, while 
the great convenience to the people of doing their business 
in one structure would be lost. 



That a new City Hall is a necessity has been apparent to 
many of our citizens for some time past, and expressions are 
frequent that now is the time to embark upon the project. 
To meet the wishrs of such I would suggest that the question 
be submitted to the people and be determined by popular 
vote at special meetings called for the purpose, at an early 
date, in each Ward of the city. 

Egbert I. Clapp. 




HEADS;OF CITY DEF 



Mayor, Henry f. Halktt; Chief ot Poliei', llcniy i:. llayuiua; Ageiil Uvui.M-irs of I'ooi', VVm. K. Sliannon; Siipt. of Streets, Frederick A. Dayton; 
(Mty Clerk, Egbert I. Clapp ; City Engineer, Malcolm I). Patteron ; City Treasuier, Geo. W. Clark ; Chief Fire Dept., Frederick E. Chase ; 

Supt. of Water Works, Lutlier C. Wriglit ; Janitor and City Mes- 



('ity Solicitor. T. M. Connor; Collector of Taxes, .lolui L. Warm 



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iiK Inspector, George R. Turner. 



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WILLIAM A. BAILEY. 

BRICK MANUFACTURER, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. 

As a brick manufacturer, contractor and builder, as 
well as a public-spirited citizen, William A. Bailey 
has made a reputation in Northampton which entitles 
him to prominent mention in anj- description of the 
trade and manufactures of this region. 

Mr. Bailey's modesty, however, requires that his 
old partner. Jeremiah Brown, be given credit for the 
building up of a business which is now second to 
none of its kind in this vicinity. 

The old firm of Brown & Bailev was an unusually 



country. At that time they made 1,000,000 brick per 
year, and employed 7 men and one horse, but soon 
increased their business so as to make and sell 3,000,- 
000 brick per year, and employed 100 men and 10 
horses, besides hiring several teams. They made 
some of the best brick in America and found their 
yard all too small for the demands put upon them. 

Their business was then in fine shape for bidding 
on large contracts, and this they commenced to do, 
and we give a few of the many buildings erected by 
them: Lilly hall of science, addition to Clarke school, 
Forbes Library, Hopkins Academy, Lambie's addi- 
tion to store. South street school, new high school, 
Lyman's new block. Belding's mill and boarding 




fortunate combination of business tact and executive 
ability, and its business, from a small beginning, grew 
to large proportions. In 1875 Jeremiah Brown was 
in the mason business here, and Mr. W. A. Bailey 
worked for him. In ISSO Mr. Bailey was taken into 
partnership with Mr. Brown, and in 1885 they bought 
the Porter Nutting brick yard property. They re- 
modelled the yard at once from the old horse system 
to steam, making it one of the finest plants in the 



house, remodelled First National bank, B. E. Cook's 
two marble front blocks, Cooley's tenement block, re- 
modeling State lunatic hospital. 

Mr. Brown built the Catholic church, Hampshire 
County National bank, the Northampton Institution 
for Savings, and McCallum's store. This is suflScient 
to show that the firm did some of the finest jobs in 
the city. 

When Mr. Brown died he had been twice chosen 



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BELDING BROS. & CO. 

SII.K MANTFACTrKKKS AT NOKTll AMl'TcjN . MASS., ROCKVII.I.K, 
CONX.. MONTRKAI,, CAN .. I'liTAI.r M A. CAI... AND 
liELniNG, MICH. 
'npHE Beldiug silk mills cover, altogether, an immense area 
■^ of ground, and the figures, if expressed in numbers of 
square feet, would convey little meaning to the average 
reader. It is sufficiently enlightening to say that if the sev- 
eral mill buildings of the company were placed in a continii 
ous line, they would extend three-quarters of a mile. 

The new weaving mill at Belding, Mich., at the head ol 
these opposite pages, is 400 feet long and 50 feet wide, with 
four stories, engine and boiler house and machine shops. 
This building will contain six hundred looms when in full 
operation. The spool silk mill at Belding, shown in the 
smaller view, is of still greater caiuicily and works over 500 






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MILLS AT NORTHAMPTON, MASS. 



ids of raw silk 
daily. The Kastern mills of the Com- 
])any are working to their full capacity 
and employing at Rockville, Conn., 600 
people. The mills at Northampton, 
whose proportions 'are familiar to our 
townspeople, are giving employment to 
lietween five and six hundred hands. 
rile Montreal mills of . the company 
have been enlarged nearly fifty per cent 
during the past year, and will give em- 
ployment to 600 people, in producing 
for the trade wholly in Canada. Exten- 
sions have been made to the mills at 
Petaluma, Cal., employing 400 people 
on productions for the Pacific Coast and 
Australia, where the firm have a large 
trade. Belding Bros. & Co. manufacture 






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the American people would uot be content with the meagre 
returns for the labor involved, and thej-can make more money 
in finishing the product. 

In the Belding vaults you will find silk from China, Japan and 
Italy, from 135 to 200 pounds to the bale, worth, in its raw 
state I4.50 a pound, and this precious stuff has been worth as 
much as |io a pound, as the result of a short crop. It is not an 
uncommon thing to see a hundred thousand dollars worth of 
raw silk stored in this one mill alone, and it will be seen that 
bank vaults are not alone in holding large values. 

T'pstairs the bales are opened, and the contents, in "books," 
are unrolled. They are frequently wrapped with the waste raw 
silk, and you speedily realize the strength of the single fibre if 
you try to separate the snarl in the waste. It is also gummy 
and adhesive and "sticketh closer than a brother." It has a 
pale yellow color, due to the gum which resides in it, and this 
must be drawn out before it can be made into the silk of trade. 
After being weighed and sorted, it is taken to the soaking room, 
where it goes through a solution of soap and water, heated to 



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visitors who obtain the covet 
of being shown all through 
great mills. 

We take the mills at Northampton, as pi e- 
sented more conveniently for description. 

From the unpacking of the raw product, 
as it is received in bales, to the shipping 
room, it goes through so many processes 
that one wonders how the slender threads 
of such a feeble insect as the silkworm can 
hold together, with all the varied courses 
of human handling and machine pulling 
to which they are subjected. 

If you ask to see the process of silk 
manufacture, and are so fortunate as to be 
granted that privilege, you will first be 
introduced to the vaults where the raw 
silk is stored, in large bales, covered with 
matting, similar to that in which tea is 
wrapped. The work of the silk worm and 
the army of industrious foreigners who 
gather it in, is here represented by many 
thousands of dollars worth of the raw 
product, and to understand something of 
the patience and industry required to gather 
this material it should be understood that 
there is probably no part of the American race to-day patient, 
persevering and frugal enough to take the place of the 
"yellow" human army which gathers it on the other side 
of the globe. All attempts to make silk raising profitable 
primarily, it is ])robable, because 




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DOUBLING THE RAW SILK THREADS 

about I III ikgrtes, m which tile gum is pretty thoroughly 
extracted. The moisture is then largely drawn out through 
an "extractor," which works by centrifugal force, and the 
skein of silk then goes to the rubbing room. Certain grades 
ol <ilk, even then, develop a residue of gum, and this must 
be laboriouslv halchcled or conibe.l out by hand, before being 
wmnid. 

One enters a large, long, well lighted room to see the next 
most important process, that of winding. The winding 
ojieration takes the silk from the skein to the bobbin, and 
then conies the "doubling," which means more than the 
name implies, because sometimes as many as a hundred fibres 
are worked togetlier, on the ingenious machines ranged along 
both sides of the room. Of course, the average number of 
threads doubled is much less. The young women who tend 
the machines are well dressed and have an air of content and 
interest in their work, very different from the sombre pictures 
drawn of mill life in some of the large cities. 

Of course the product of doubling is run off upon bobbins 
again, and one goes to another room to see the next stage of 
the process, which is spinning, when it goes to a machine 
called the trebler. The tightness or tension of the spinning 
is regulated by a pulley running fast or slow. For twist 
three of the threads are put together on the trebler, for 




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spinning, Herbert Broadhurst ; twisting, Joseph Young ; 
finishing, Charles Witherell, and dyeing, Louis Cave. 

Our purpose in this review has been to speak with special 
reference to the company's interests in Northampton, where 
are manufactured the goods we have already described. 
Mention of the general enterprise of such an important con- 
cern and illustrations of all their mills are naturally 
concomitant to such an article, and will be found in 
connection with this article. 

The Northampton branch of the Beldiugs' interests 
which is under the management of E. F. Crooks and 
the superintendence of H. C. Hallett, has become 
one of most important of the company's works. The 
buildings comprise two four-story and one one-story 
lirick structure, all of large dimensions. They are 
located near the Connecticut river railroad and the 
New Haven & Northampton road, and are equipped 
with the best mechanical appliances, including one 
Ir.indred and seventy-five looms and twenty thousand 
sijindles, the driving force being supplied by a Corliss 
engine of 200 horse power and three compound Cogh- 
lan boilers of one hundred and twenty-five horse 
power each. The mills are illuminated by electricity 
and everj-where there is manifest the most recent im- 
provements and facilities that skill can suggest or 
capital provide, among which we should not omii to 
uientiou those life protecting and fire-preventive ap- 
pliances which the laws of the state demand. In all 
the rooms there are automatic sprinklers and fire 



western homestead of the family after they left east) ped- 
dling silk from house to house. This silk was purchased 
for them by their brother, Milo M., who was then residing 
at their common birthplace, Ashfield, a few miles from 
Northampton. This peddling soon assumed the form of a 
large business, and in a year after starting the Beldiug Eros. 




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instant communication, by telegraph, by telephone 
and messenger service, with all parts of the country, 
and the long distance telephone service is connected 
for five hours each day. 

What makes a record of the Bclding conii.auy 's i 11 
terprise particularly interesting is the humble way in 
which it was started. The foundation of it was laid 
in i860 by Hiarm H. and Alvah N. Belding, who 
started from their home in Belding, Mich., (the 



liad extended the scope of their trade until it required the services 
ol several teams and wagons and embraced the largest part of the 
jobbing trade of the section in which they were operating. Three 
years after their first peddling tour they started'a house in Chicago, 
and in the same year they were joined by their brother, Milo M., 
who took charge of that agency, afterwards removing to New York, 
where he has since remained. In 1863, the brothers formed a part- 
nership with E. K. Rose, and taking the first floor of what was 
then the Glasgow thread company's mill at Rockville, Conn., 
they began manufacturing. In 1866, the business had attained 
such proportions that the building had to be enlarged, the partner- 
ship with Mr. Rose was dissolved, and soon after he failed. The 
Rockville mill lay idle two years, the brothers meanwhile manu- 
facturing elsewhere, but in 1869 they bought it and four years later 
they built the mill in 
Northampton, and. 

The reputation ot 
the products of the 
company it is hardly 
necessary to allude to 
-they are so well 
known— and suffice it 
to say, that from the 
d.-ivs of the Rockville 
mill, when the broth- 
ers began making 
their own silk, their 



crock, faile nor crack, 
and which will meet 
the test of the most 
rapid running eml 
highest tension sew- 
ing - machines — has 
been fuUv establish- 
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NORTHAMPTON COMMERQAL COLLEGE. 

The Northampton Coniniercial College has by rapid ad- 
vancement within the last few years gained the position of 
one of the important institutions of the city. It had a mod- 
est beginning in the Lambie block, and continued with a fair 
degree of success until 1898, when it came under the proprie- 
torship of J. L. Hayward and Joseph Pickett. This change 
marked an important period of development and its growth 
in efficiency, t.(|iiiiiim nt aitmdance and public appreciation 
has since been sub- 
^tl" stantial and uninter- 

rupted. In May, 1901, 
Mr. Hajward accept- 
ed a call to Banks' 
r.n-iness College, 
I'hiladelphia.andMr. 
I'» kett became the 
~ol, proprietor and 
lucipal of the 
s hoiil. During the 
-.ummer vacation of 
that year the location 
was changed from 
the Lambie Building 
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most accurate typewriter operators in thfe country. Last 
year one of its graduates w ho took the Untted States civil 
Service Examination obtained a mark of eighty per cent in 
the shorthand examination and eighty-six in the type- 
writing examination. -A.t the time she left Northampton to 
take a position in another city one young lady graduate who 
had been in attendance atthe school about one year, was able 
to copy a letter of over one hundred words on the machine 
in one minute. The building in which the school now has 
its home, the model office, the college bank and several of 
the classes at workare shown in our illustrations. 

What first impresses a visitor to the school is the air of 
"business" everywhere prevalent. Pupils and teachers 
alike seem to have something to do and are intent upon do- 
ing it. The operations in the various departments proceed 
smoothly and the orderliness and well directed effort which 
the sessions of the school present speak volumes for the ad- 
ministrative ability of the principal and his capacity for or- 
ganization, as well as of the competence of the tcacheJs, who 
are so successful in awakening the interest of their pupils 
and in keeping them systematically at work. 

Four regular courses are offered : The business or com- 
mercial course, the shorthand and typewriting course, the 
"combined" and the telegraphy courses. The time re- 
quired for the completion of any course varies according to 
the al)ility and previous education of the pupil. One of the 



JOSEPH PICKETT, Pri 



cipal- 



Bauk Building at the corner of Main 
and King streets. This change secured 
additional space and the opportunities 
of arrangement permitted by the occu- 
pancy of an entire floor. It gave greater 
prominence of location, and instead of 
its being necessary for the school to 
adapt itself to the arrangements exist- 
ing it was possible to remodel the new 
quarters so as to adapt them to the 
needs of the school. By the removal 
of several partitions a large and well- 
lighted assembly room was provided. 
This was fitted with desks so commodi- 
ous and convenient that they are in 
themselves an incentive to work. Ad 
joining this room is the college bank, 
equipped with banking furniture and 
accessories. Next in size to the assem- 
bly room is the room occupied by the 
department of stenography. It is lo- 
cated in the "tower" which is shown 
in the engraving. Its windows com- 
mand an interesting view of the busi- 
ness section of the city. On the King street side of the 
building, next to the shorthand room and connecting with it 
as well as with the central hallway, is a cozily furnished 
parlor aud cloakroom for the use of the young ladies attend- 
ing the school. The principal's office is central and easily 
accessible from the different departments. Opening from it 
is the larger "model office" where the advanced pupils re- 
ceive instruction in office work and the use of modern office 
appliances. This " model office " work has become one of 
the distinctive features of the school. Another large room 
is occupied by the typewriting department, where the pupils 
are taught to write by the touch method. The school has 
twenty-live latest model Underwood aud Remington tyj :e- 
writern iu use, aud has turned out some of the fastest aud 




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HOME OF THE NORTHAMPTON COMMERCIAL COLLEGE. 

strong features of the school is the care which is taken to 
give each pupil the kind and amount of instruction of which 
he is in need. Diplomas are given, not at the end of a speci- 
fied time, but upon the completion of the required work 
and the attainment of efficiency. Six months is sometimes 
sufficient to place one possessed of a good general education 
on a practical business basis, while no student need fear that 
the college will not make a success of his case if he is willing 
to devote time and faithful attention to the work. 

Many former graduates of the school have secured very 
attractive positions, and its reputation for the thoroughness 
and reliability, together with the wide acquaintance of the 
principal among the business men in this vicinity, and in 
many, of the larger cities, makes it possible to place those of 







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Williams Manufacturing Co. 



H. L. Williams, Pres. 



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THE WM. A. CLARK COAL CO. 

'"pMilS enterprise was organized in 1897. and incorporated 
-*■ in 1899, and its organization signalized a complete 
change in the method of handling coal in this region. 
The slow and ponderous methods of the past were abandoned, 
and measures taken to give the people of Northampton the 
quickest and most satisfactory accommodation from the 
great coal fields, the result of which was that rival companies, 
in turn, improved their service, and now Northampton is as 
well served as any- city of its size, and better tlian some which 



The building shown here, the larger of the two the company 
controls, has a capacity of 4,000 tons, and is located on the 
Boston & Maine railroad, being built in 1897. 

In addition to the local business the company is doing a 
large and growing wholesale business through western 
Massachusetts. Their connections for supply are with the 
largest anthracite and bituminous coal mining companies in 
the world, and their financial standing shows the manage- 
ment to be safe and conservative. W. A. Clark, the active 
member of the company, is a native of Northampton, coming 



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are larger. This was evidenced in the recent coal famine, 
wlien the Clark Coal Company was able to supply private 
parties an<l public buildings through the season. 

The Clark Coal Company was incorporatad in 1899, with 
the following officers; President. R. G. Williams; vice- 
president, R. L. Williston ; secretary, C. .-V. Clark; treasurer 
and manager, William A. Clark. 



from one of its oldest families, and has always lived here, 
with the exception of a few years spent in New York State. 
He is one of the active and wide-awake business men of the 
city. For so young a man. he has made a hit as a busi- 
ness manager, uniting the qualities of conservatism and pro- 
gression. 



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WORKS OF THE EMERY WHEEL COMPANY, LEEDS 



The 

Norwood Engineering Company 

Florence, Mass, 



Fire Hydrants, Filters, Paper Finishing Machinery 

Elevators 



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RUFUS H. COOK. 

RUFUS H. COOK was born at Had- 
lev, Mass., son of Austin E. Cook and 
Li'zzie M. Halstcad. He attended the 
public school in Hadley and graduated 
at Hopkins Academy, 1894. He also 
attended Williston Seminary, from 
which be graduated 1896. He attended 
Brown University for two years, and 
was a member of the class of igoo. He 
studied law in the office of Hammond 
and Field and was admitted to the bar, 
March 3, 1902. 



lOHN B. O'DONNELL. 

JOHN B. O'DONNKLL was born in 
Ireland in J846. His life in Northamp- 
ton, since he was eight years old has 
been to his neighbors an open book. 
He has been especially active all his 
life. Among his fellows he was con- 
sidered one of the best "all round" 
athletes. At the age of fifteen, during 
the civil war, he was captain of a 
Florence military company. At the 
age of eighteen he organized the famous 
Eagle baseball club, and was considered 
one of its best players during the three 
years of its life and activity. At the 
age of twelve he had to go to work, but he attended the 
Florence evening school regularly till he was twenty-three 
years old. In 1874 he again commenced to study. He gave 
up all kinds of labor, business and pleasure and confined 
himself exclusively to preparing to become a lawyer. In 
1877, ne graduated from the Boston Law School with the 
degree of LL.B. To still better qualify himself, he took a 
post graduate course at the same school for another year, 
and in 1878 he was admitted to the bar of Massachusetts. 




On July ist he opened a law office in Northampton, where he 
has since practised. 

During his professional career, he has done his proportion 
of the law-business of Hampshire County, and was engaged 
in some of the most notable trials at the Hampshire County 
bar. He prepares hi'; oa'-es cartfuily and well. He has had 
his fair share of >,ur,H->, aii/i was never known to be unreason- 
able in his charters. 1 1 is yrj' lue has consisted in all kinds 
of civil and criminal Ijiisincss, including six murder trials 
and two of his clients in the murder cases were discharged. 
He has had many tort cases, involving several thousand 
dollars, which he has conducted with markid success, and 
also important cases of contract, among them being the Hall 
case, involving the ownership of a farm in Southampton, 
which was tried many times and was five years in court, 
going to the Supreme judicial Court twice. He finally won. 
But the case which pleased him most involved less than Jio, 
and was one of his first. It was decided by the Supieme 
Judicial Court back in 1880. Up to that time the wages of 
all the servants and employes of all the lunatic asylums in 
the stale could be and often were attached and held for debt. 
The defendant had reverses in business and afterwards 
became an attendant at the Northampton hospital. He de- 
cided that he must leave the institution if his wages could be 
regularly attached. Mr. O'Donnell gave him as his opinion 
that these attachments were illegal, that the hospitals 
belonged to the state, and the state could not be impleaded 
in its own courts. Tlie case was tested and lost in every 
court but the final. The full bench at Boston sustained Mr. 
O'Donnell's contention, and no suit has since been instituted 
against any of the lunatic hospitaks in the commonwealth, or 
against them as trustees of their employes. The case is 
Loomis vs. Powers, reported in the 130 Mass. at page 86. As 
a public speaker Mr. O'Donnell is aggressive and forceful, 
and is at his best before a jury. 

Mr. O'Donnell is an ardent supporter of democratic forms 
of government as against monarchical forms. He was a firm 
advocate of free Cuba and a strong -upporter of the South 
.•\fricaii Republics. He is proud of Northampton, where all 
he possesses is located and it is with great satisfaction that 
he beholds the changes in the separation of the grade cross- 
ings, which as Mayor he aided in bringing about. 



THE SPRINGFIELD-BEAUMONT OIL CO. 



The ,Springfield-Beaumont Oil Company of Springfield, 
Mass., with a capital stock of #300,000, fully paid and non- 
assessable, has been remarkabl}- successful during its exist- 
ence of only a little over a year. The company was incorpor- 
ated on Nov. 9, 1901, with Hon. II. A. Kimball, George H. 
Davis, A. H. Hitchcock and H. J. Buckley as officers, and all 
these gentlemen are still associated in the management of 
the enterprise. Mr. Kimball, the President of the company, 
is a member of the well-known firm of Kimball & Cary, 
coal dealers, and has served the city of Northampton as 
Mayor for three years. He has also represented his district 
in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate 
for six years. Dr. George H. Davis, the Vice President, is 
a well-known Springfield physician. H. J. Buckley, the 
Treasurer and fiscal agent, has been in the investment busi- 
ness for about four years, and was one of the chief spirits in 
the organization of the company. He has the management 
of the company's office business in Rooms 3 and 4. Republican 
Building, Springfield, and is well and favorably known 
locally. A. H. Hitchcock, the Secretary of the company, is 
one of the leading opticians of Springfield, and is a promi- 
nent Odd Fellow, bearing a first-class reputation for probity. 
The company has for its Managing Director in the Texas oil 
field Mr. J. R. Cheek, formerly connected with the Land 
Department of the Southern Pacific Railroad, and A. J. 
Hartel, who has had long and valuable experience in the oil 
business, acts as manager for the wells, mechanical outfit and 
drilling operation. R. R. Doland and W. G. Chamberlin of 
Springfield, Mass., are additional Directors of this corpora- 
tion. 

The Springfield-Beaumont Oil Company's first well, on 
Block 38. Hogg-Swayne Track, Spindle Top Heights, was 
brought in in June, 1902, and is still a regular and large pro- 
ducer. The first dividend of 2 per cent, on the par value of 
the company's stock was paid on .^ug. i. and four subsequent 
monthly dividends of 2 per cent, have since been distributed. 
A second well, on Block 21, Gladys City, is now being drilled 
and on Nov. 29 was down about 625 feet. This well bids fair 



to be a fine one and a great producer when it comes in, and 
the companv expect, from the additional revenue therefrom 
obtained, to' be able to increase the monthly dividend pay- 
ments materially. In addition to the valuable holdings on 
Spindle Top Heights and at Gladys City, the Springfield- 
Beaumont Oil Company own enough proven laud at Sour 
Lake for six wells, located about 1300 feet from the large 
producing wells of the Atlantic & Pacific Company. They 
also own another large tract of land in the Sour Lake district, 
near the Guffey and Galey lease. This land will be greatly en- 
hanced in vali'ie and the marketing of its oi; facilitated as 
soon as the Southern Pacific Road builds through it. The 
Southern Pacific Companv has secured the right of way from 
the Sour Lake station to the Sour Lake oil fields, some nine 
miles, this right of wav running directly across the Spring- 
field-Beaumont Oil Company's land. Both the Guffey and 
Galevand the Higgiiis Companies are building large tankage 
in the Sour Lake field, and both are constructing pipe lines 
therefrom to Beaumont, a distance of about 22 miles. The 
policy of the Springfield-Beaumont Oil Company is to pay 
dividends from the funds obtained by actual sales of oil, and 
use the receipts from the sales of stock in development of 
its oil lanils and mechanical equipment. The company's 
business is managed sagaciously, conservatively and pru- 
dently throughout. Everyone nf fin- I) rectors and officers 

of the company still have tli "' ., 0,1, \ imcslcd, and 

they arc bending every effort n i "I 1 lu- i nterprise 

in the interest of all tiie stock! Ili' 'iiilk of the out- 

standine stock is held in Sprin- :;< mI N.h Ui.uiipU.n and Am- 
herst. The present price of sIkp. s is 7I.. .1 nts, but as soon as 
well No. 2, at Gladys City, wlii>li is laiudlv approaching the 
point of production, iscompUlnl and i (|nippcd, the pnce 
will be raised to 10 cents. A sixth dividend of 2 per cent, 
will be paid on Jan. i. 1003. to stockholders of record on Dec. 
25. 1902. The price of Texas oil has been, and is now, 
advancing rapidlv, and oil men of experience and good judg- 
ment expect that it will he worth from 50 to 75 cents per 
barrel in the near future. 



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The Hampshire County National Bank, 



The Hampshire County National Bank. 



'pHE Hampshire County National Bank is located at 150 
JIain street, and with its handsome white front is indis- 
putahly the most striking block in the uity, while its freshly 
decorated interior offers to the public the handsomest baiik- 
in-^ room in western Massachusetts. 

Tlie bank was chartered in 1S64, and I.utliLr I'.odman, then 
iif WillianisliurK, was its first president. 

It has always been one of the most popular of our monied 
institutions, and is often spoken of as the " People's Bank " 
from the fact that it makes the same effort to accommodate 
the small depositor and the small borrower as in dealiuy 
with the larger customer. 

Ill 1898 the bank suffered heavily through the dishoncstx 
of an ofiicial who misused the bank funds in aid of private 
enterprises. ITnder new management it has recovered a con- 
siderable portion of the ground then lost, and is gaining 
steadily in number of customers and in volume of business. 
Its capital is #150,000, and its surplus and undivided profits 
are over jfjo.ixx). The officers of the bank are : John W. 
Mason, President; F. A. Macomber, Cashier; George H. 
Sergeant, Teller. The Directors are : John W. Mason, Edgar 
F. Crooks, John F. Lambie, Louis F. Plimpton, Eugeue W. 
Wood, John \V. Hill and Charles S. Shattuck. 



J50 Main St.eet 



Northampton 



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Nonotuck Savings Bank. 



riTHE Nonotuck .Savings Bank is located in the Masonic 
Building, Main street, and was incorporated Feb. 9, 
1899. It was opened for business April 17, of the same jear, 
with these officers: George L. Looniis, President; O. W. 
Prouty and I,. D.James, Vice-Presidents; Isaac Bridgman. 
clerk of the cor])oration ; John Piiuce, Treasurer. 



This liank has [^been most successful from the start, and 
now, after being in operation three and a-half years, it has 
deposits of $630,000. 

The present officers are: Vice-Presidents, O. W. Prouty 
and Calvin CtKjlidge; Clerk of the Corporation, Isaac Bridg- 
man ; Treasurer, John Prince. 



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FLORENCE MANUFACTURING COMPANY 

FLORENCE, MASSACHUSETTS, U. S. A. 
Exclusive makers of the widely known 

Tooth Brushes 
Hair Brushes 
Nail Brushes 



''Keepclean" '^Floreloid" ''Cosmeon' 

Hair, Clothes, Militar}^ Hair Brushes 

One of the largest factories in the world for the manufacture of fine Toilet Brushes 

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F. G. JAGER, 

MANUFACTURER OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENT TRIMMINGS. 

29 WAI.NIT ST., NORTHAMPTON, 

Mr. Jager has been eight years in this 
liusiness and sells to the Musical Instru- 
ment trade throughout the country. He 
IS also interested in the Springfield Auto- 
mobile Co., which has headquarters at 
Springfield, Mass, and was established in 
this business in 1899. This company are 
dealers in steam, gasoline and electric 
automobiles. .\ny information rcgar<iing 
these veliiclescan be procured of Mr. Jager, 
upon applying to the above a Idress, or at 
Springfield. 




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prise. Mr. Dewey came to this country when quite young, 
with his parents, his father working at the construction of 
the famous Holyoke dam. Mr. Dewey has shown much pub- 
lic spirit in his life in this city, and has come to be called 
"the Father of the Board of Trade."— Editor. 



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JOHN T. DEWEY is one of the mode.st t)usiuess men of 

the city who has contributed much to the upbuilding 

of the ci'y's interests, and the two blocks pictured herewith 

are creditable monuments to his business sagacity and enter- 




NONOTUCK SILK COMPANY 



MANT'T.JiCTURKRS OI 



CORTICELLI SPOOL SILK 

CorticcIIi Spool Silk CorticcIIi Wash Embroidery Silk and CorticcIIi Purse Twist 
FLORENCE, MASS. 



Shattuck's 



Hammerless Model 1903 

S20.00 

Made in 12 and i6 gauge. Steel, Twist 

and Damascus ISarrcls. 
Dealers should send for catalogue of line 
of sin- 
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The Noriliamplon Shoe lo. 



Mutual Co«t«|Mintc* Ifrprrwntrd and 
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88 Mnin Sirwi. Jlonlumpton. Mass. 



SOKTMAMITON. M^SS 



CHAR LES BECKMANN_^ ^ 

Confectioner and ^ General ^ Caterer 

Cbe Choicest Confections ana Tee Cream Turnisbed to Order. 

Catering for Family Parties a Specialty. Cor. of Main and Masonic StS. 



^ ^ ^ NIQUETTE & FARRAR^S ^ ^ -^ 

popular dp-Jou/9 Dmi^ 3^*^^^ 

PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COHPOUNDED. 

TOILET ARTICLES OF THE CHOICEST QUALITY. 
fOlRTEOrS SERVICE. 
V\mm Am\Tli)X. Opp. Academy of Music. 



i ^ German American Citizens Association ^ 

Wk INCORPORATED, OROAMZED. OCTOBER, 1900. 

^ Membership 350. Capital $8000. Richard B. Eisold, President. 

Q Hall and Club Rooms in Bay State, Mass. 

gS Rents for same below average price, especially to small famih- parties. 

0? Society is a political one and takes lively interest especially in city politics. 

M Dues for Passive Members, = = = = $2.00 per year. 




G. HENRY CLARK ^ ^ ue 

J; Jeweler 

AND DEAL-ER IN) 

STAN DARD ^< SI LVB R ^'^ WA R EIS 
Clocks : and : Watches. 

L.VMBIES BLOCK, NORTHAMPTON, MASS. 



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Kirdw4rc. Wooden Wirt Thxi r^.iltr H-f't.-'ry b 

Giumbii and Hirtfari Bkycks 
Fjtrmkng Tooli «nd Gtrden Seeds 

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Flour. G«4n. Feed ,^ ^^^^^^ ^ 

Lime And Cement p- -" 



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I. W. HEFFERNAN WILLIAM E. COONEY WOODWARD'S LUNCH 



Sf^fioni^rv Ar?c) Et7^rAVin( 



Periodicals oi all K-inis 



Agent for Springtielil, New York 
and Bosto:) Papers 



153 ruiin 5>i. NoiH\am:.ton, Mass. 



Art: 



Pi.KASANT Street hv the Ai 



Meals Furnished at 
Short notice 



Masonic lUiilrlini; Near Union Station 

Closed only from I a ra to 4 p m 

Prompt Service 
Popular Prices 

Renowned for tliL- excellent cofiec, 
Oyster Stews and Clam Chowders, 
Coufcclionery, Soda. Ice Cream 



ARTHUR M. WARE 



ProvLsions 

CaiiiiccI Goods 
Loultrv 



GEO. N. LUCIA 

-^PDCTURBS-- 

'icture I'ranicv Artists' Materials 

StatioMcr\ Fancy Goods 

^arge and choice assortment of Pictures 



F. W. ROBERTS 

Jeweler 
Optician 
Engraver 
Stationer 

MISIC AND MISICAI. MERCHANDISE 

rNSTRUMENTS FOR SALE AND TO RENT 



52 Maple Street 



Picture Framing a Specialty 

NORTHAMPTON 197 Main Street Northampton 



Matthew Carroll 

Dealer in Choice 
FAMILY GROCERIES 



Flour, Produce, Fine 



\OI7rHAMPTON'5 
IUI5ll:5T -SHOl: 5T0PI: 

In :\Iansi(.n House Block 
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Teas. etc. (^^^^^ y^i^^ ^^^ y'our FRo 



JAMES n, PIERCE 



Wall DMMTC Window 

Paper I All\ I > Glass 



GLAZED WINDOWS 



HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING 



ney 



No. I Masonic Street 



Steamship Agent 



Telephone Connections 
AAAN'DCLL'^S 5H()1: STOI^C ,9. Main St. Northampton 



NOAH H. LEE 
NortlKiinptoii Gc^s p^^^^,^^, pi^^^^mp 

and t^as RiUmg 



Lio-ht Co. 



stoves and Appliances 
at Cost 



am, Hal Agent for 

tcr and Barstow's 

rm .*\ir Stoves and 

ating Furnaces 

Tinware and Kitchen Furniture 



These 
Books are 
bound at 
Eisold's Book Bindery 
297 ]\Liin 
Street 



40 Main St. Northampton 

92 



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i'opaUr Store 
-r nder the HUl." 

UiM«W »Wk tl9 Soootnck St Rortac* 




LA FLEIUR BROS 

House, Sign 

and Carriage Painting 

Wall Papers and 

Painters Sjppliis 

Northampton, Mass. 

ANDREW HYDE 

Manufacturer ol 

First Class Hand Made Violas and Violins 

i>i;ai,i;k in 

VIOLINISTS' AND VIOLIN MAKERS' SUPPLIES 
MUSICAL MERCHANDISE 

Publisher of Hyde's Treatise on the Violin 

NO. 80 PINE ST., NORTHAMPTON, MASS. 



HAMPSHIRE 

Fire Desiiirainice 

NORTHAMPTON, MASS 



•JCORPORATED 1830 



CHAS. N. CLARK, Pres. 



OLIVER WALKER, Sec'y. 



CONNECTICUT VALLEY LUMBER CO. 

Manufacturers of 

Spruce Dimension Lumber 

SHINGLES AND BOX SHOOKS 



MT. TOJI ... 

George Van Dyke, Pres 



George S. Lewis. Trea 



. MASS. 
W. Reid, Mgr. 



ESTABLISHED 1852 



CHAUNCEY H. PIERCE 

Insurance of all kinds 

Central Real Estate Bought and Sold 
NOTARV RUBLIC 



OFFICE, IMUKCU'S lU'Il 



Northampton, Mass. 



MEMORIAL HALL 
94 



A subscriber to Publishers 
Press, full leased wire service, 
whicli covers the entire civil- 
ized world 

lu HOME news the leader. 
An uuequaled staff of com- 
petent local reporters and cor- 
respondents 

C. A. PIERCE & CO., 

Publishers 

Book and Pamphlet print- 
ing and Job Printing of every 
kind. Skilled Printers 
Lowest Prices 
C. A. PIERCE & CO. 



J\)e Qazett^ 



PREFERRED 
A PER 



Of a Great Majority of Read- 
ers in Northampton 
and Vicinity 

Its Circulation of 4,000 a 

night is oi Great Worth 

to Advertisers 

Daily, $5 per j-ear 
Weekly, $1.50 per year 

Northampton 
Electric Lighting Co. 



ARC and INCANDESCENT 

LIGHTING AND 

POWER SERVICE 



C. H. PIERCE, Pres., 

C. E. GOULD, Treas. 



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General Insufsnce Agent "^ <unc^. 

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^""^ Lumber Dcilers 

1 uinba Yard I^.'l:::!!'^;!. 



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NORT>iAMPTON ^|^^, BCChlltOrC Stiitio,ur>. 

^ lilnnk It^H.ks. 

I-, _ riiunt.iin IVii'«. 

empire : Laundry »**onic sfr<ct i»h.,t.»Kraph it<K.k>. 

^ 3.*KH. B.C«lr^l^.1l. prope. laKn/incs. 



PORTHAMPTOK. MASS. 

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^'ARMSTRONG'S OUTFITS'' 

For men who dress well - For men who dress for the occasion — be it society, street, 
chorch, home or work. We make a close study of The Right Thing for the Right 
Man — or boy. Season to season — see ' Armstrong's Outfits." .* J* j« j* jt ^ .* J- 

R. F. ARMSTRONG, 

80 Main Street. Lambie's Block, Northampton. 











William Robinson m. B. KcHey ^ Co., ^'' George W. Traphagen, 

2>enti6t 



GROCER 



. RELIABLE ;. GROWERS 



48 Main Street, 

Northampton, Mass. 

Successor to 

Robinson, Lucia & Co. 



/^ ^^ Crnwn and Bridge WorW and 

Our Teas and Coffees are Gold Plates a Specialty. 

Specialties. ^^^^^^ ^^^ j^^.^ ^^ ^^^^ ^ ^ Banister's 

NORTHAMPTONTON, MASS. 

211 main Street, nortbampton. hous. Telephone ,544. 



^ M. M. FRENCH & CO., ^ 

.* ..* ..•» SELLERS OF ..* .* j* 

fiOQD CLOTHES 



Over 50 Years on Same Spot 
Opposite First Church 



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OCT "1 1845 



